I'm having a similar issue and never had issues before. My error reads:

Luke1812 (imported) wrote: Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:09 pm *** If you are having problems connecting due to ping timeouts, please type /notice

13577080533 nospoof now.

Closing Link: ...[...] (K-lined: medstudent)

I was allowed to sign on as recent as last month.