I might just want to hold off panicking for a few more days then, till they get electricity etc all back up in those areas. I have wondered if that might be the problem because like right now I am on this site. Doubt I will be for long. It is very flakey but the game has been down. I did manage to get to the pick character screen once today but it booted me while connecting to the lobby.
Tracking the signal sounds like a miserable mess to me.