is the server/hardware dying or is this riduclous zone time now some bug?

[jududdar]

Two questions I have -

1. Are you running the base titanium install with only the p99 patch? I noticed on my newer PC I had a lot of crashes/long zone times when I installed the EQ HD texture pack on the wiki.

2. You said you're plugged directly into your cable modem, as in, getting a public IP from your ISP? If so, put a cheap router inline... I've seen it a few times for whatever reason Windows firewall/integrated NIC/whatever couldn't deal with that and caused all sorts of wacky issues.