Well, I was on for a bit and was able to run around the fleet, made some purchases on GTN ,etc. I logged off for about an hour or so and then tried to log in again. This time it came up with the server select screen. I selected my server and after a minute or two it popped up a message saying a connection error has occurred. So, I simply selected my server again - same thing. Third time though I was able to log in just fine. Fleet said my latency was 17ms.
It really seems like there is some issue with connections to this server but it kind of seems sporadic. Another poster mentioned something about routes from Level 3 so maybe they were on to something with that.
I'm in NJ and have no issues connecting to or playing any other games.