Deane
My group is now #90 in the queue and it's been moving at almost exactly 1 per hour since over the last 7 days (since I started keeping daily notes!).? I forget what the total was when I started the process on 22nd October, but it was in the 400s.
I'm aware of another group run by a contact of mine who paid the extra $200 and it was actioned within 12-15 hours over this last weekend.
Hope that helps
Jeremy