It seems my internet at home won't let me connect right now, so as a heads up, for the time being my online time is likely to be limited more to work hours on the weekdays until this can be fixed. :-\
Thanks for the heads up. I have been in game pretty much every day for a while now. I am very happy to say there have been several days in a row now of double digit players on the shard.
By the way, another update, a bit late but, my internet is back! Woot!