Interesting does this affect monitor apps (e.g. pingdom) ? Also have any recommendations of something competitive but with better quality?
I believe (not 100% sure) they put their anti-dos on these routers which is why I think the US servers will have the same anti-dos measures.
Have you tried asking them? I do not believe they would hide this fact (it would be interesting to know whether they mark it as a selling point or not).