Issues since the new patch 2/10/19

[Rachels]

I have tried everything I can think of but still can't log into the game reliably. I have successfully logged in a few times after an extremely log wait time for the character to load in. Most tries logging in my characters don't load and I have no characters. When my characters load the game times out and kicks me back to the log on screen.

The few times I did log in I crashed upon zoning after timing out.

I have set the game to run on compatibility mode for xp service pack 2
Am running as administrator.
I have set my video card to run eq on a single core.
Have disabled my AVG
Have reinstalled EQ
Have re patched a half dozen times since the fresh copy of EQ


A side note, my internet connection is sub standard (1.5mb connection) but has always ran p99 without many issues.

I am wondering if this change has anything to do with my problem - Rogean: Netcode changes to throttle rates. This will result in faster loading times and possibly help (or make worse, we'll see) any desync.

Any tech savvy help would be greatly appreciated.