We've been patched V1.03

Anyone know the specifics???

Although they have acknowledged the patch there don't seem to be any notes on what exactly the update does.

First impressions

Lag 10x worse
Voice chat worse
Match making improved

This is encouraging. I didn't even turn the game on last night because I've been so peeved with the long waits.

Let me know more specifics when you get a chance!

I had a party of 4-5 going from 9 to 12 central. We had a little wait but not to long. If your having problems have the party host give leadership to another person and have them try. That usually works pretty good.

Came out today.

An update for Modern Warfare 3 was released today, bringing the game
to version 1.03 now. The update is 21 MB big so its not a substantially
large update. Have noticed that the network issues we we’re having
surrounding joining parties and with Spec Ops / Survival game modes are
now fixed.

According to a source here the update has also fixed some network issuses on
Activisions end of things, allowing for the high demand of the huge
volume of online players. Like with previous edition of Call of Duty,
their servers have to deal with such a large number of online players
it’s essential that it never crashes or encounters any issues, these
updates will stop this from happening and keep things smooth. Issues
surrounding the Call of Duty Elite feature have also been addressed
after high player demand caused some problems.

Topics merged.

What about Party Privacy settings...Have they given us the option to open them up?

No patch yet on xbox, btw...