just thought I would throw my 2 cents in. Last night on Freedom server we experienced a lot of map server disconnects in a short amount of time in the AE waiting room. Lots of people were complaining about it.
Using my laptop, I logged into my ISP's website and live tech support before I paid attention to the chat bubbles in the room because I thought it might be them (ISP) having network issues.
I'm in North Carolina, so maybe it had something to do with geographical location/ping/etc.etc..
I had just finished (2 hours previous) loading Windows 7 so, the OS was fresh and tweaked prior to logging in. My partners computer was doing the same so it wasn't a computer issue.
This was the first time it was that bad.