Gears lag problems

Gears of War is a nearly perfect game. One of its few flaws is lag. While playing on multiplayer, even against people living only 20 or so miles away, you will have to lead your shots several feet away( and thats if you have a good connection) and nearly make mp unplayable. If you like Gow online, then this really cripples you. I cant play any player matches because I have a couple prefered players and if I use quick match, I will almost always have a 2 second lag. Because of this, I almost always play ranked. This really suck, cause you can't really play with your freinds. Epic, if you read this, please,please fix the lag! I, for one, do not need any new maps and 'nade tagging is fine, so fix the lag!