Hi @@Tron,
Thanks for your concerns, players are indeed experiencing lag still on the new MW2 FT server. If the server is half full it seems to run ok but starts lagging the more players that join. This has been brought to the attention of our upper echelons and they're currently looking into it. With any luck it's something easy to fix. It was alot of work to swap servers and we really don't need that again.
Concerning the member only server, this is by no means a stupid idea but we rely on donations from non members to help run everything here. If we look at a member only server we will loose a portion of the cashflow that helps give us access to all we have here. Also we need them for potential recruitment.
Keep an eye out on the forums for updates on this issue. cheers