Temporary fix, but if you download Hotspot shield, it fixes all of these problems you guys are posting about. I have ATT, and I'm fairly convinced that seems to be the problem, there is a signal dropped somewhere between their servers and the EQEMU server. The zoning may be something similar.
I've had all of those problems, login server down, blank login screen, login screen visible but just timing out, character screen saying i need to update spell files even though I have like 85 times, getting character select screen, but having game crash before I get into game, once I finally managed to get in the game, whenever I zone the game locks up and dc's me. I run this program, and it seems to work, I know its not a permanent fix, but it seems to allow me to play. Better than taking 20 minutes to connect and then not being able to zone.
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