Yes, i would also like to thankyou SOE for resolving the issue for the long log in times, it does look like you have fixed it.
I'm a little confused about the free membership. It was kindly gifted to some Briggs players due to the log in issues and server instability. Apparently I'm not eligible because I couldn't log in during whatever arbitrary time period SOE specified due to the aforementioned log in issues... Seems a bit silly. Oh well, I'm looking forward to messing around with some PS2 again now that the servers seem better (knock on wood).
Nice! Great job on the fix, with bonus points awarded for the sincere, transparent reply to the community. It's good to see the extra effort made to host Australian servers (which is a bit of an extra effort), and I think it's only fair that you should feel some of that appreciation from the players. Well done, to both yourself and the team(s) working on this.