Can't connect to Aether data center

Just as the title says, I can no longer connect to Aether data center at all. I had no issue throughout the morning of 05/19/18. Then suddenly starting at 8pm EDT of the same day, when I attempted to log in, I started to get repeated lobby errors. I tried to connect to other data centers and I have no trouble connecting to any of them except Aether. My signal strength is good according to the other data centers. I'm a PC player and have never had this kind of issue before. I've already tried restarting both my system and my router to no avail.

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- Frequency at which disconnect occurs
- Everything you have tried to resolve the issue

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