The connection can be good, even close to offline, but it's rare, and seemingly random considering i have a pretty good connection with eripio over in greece though people in england are generaly close to unplayable and they are far closer to my home in sweden.. Makes little sense. With that said, you've just gotta play and see if it's bareable.
It doesn't seem like i've posted in this thread so here goes.
PSN ID: FlukeIt
Location: Sweden