It has come to my attention that you've never played on an Australian host.

I've played against nearly every foreign host there is. On Halo Charts I actually had a game against people from Morocco and Zimbabwe during Halo 3. Canadian is the worst simply because they are so dang apologetic and hide under the guise of 3-4 bar green. You know, a wolf in beaver's clothing. Other bad hosts you know right off the bat what you are in for because you either hear an unknown language in the lobby, can see by their GT that they aren't from a locale near you, or in game you see immediate yellow/ red bar and immortality on their part. Canadians however sound deceptively similar to us, use GT's that are more or less 'American' and mundane. But once they game starts you can see that they are using routers made from maple syrup and tree bark, and their ethernet lines are dried penguin intestines, yet somehow they always manage to pull host.