Also confirming that connecting to the Japanese data centers presents no problems whatsoever. The moment I try to switch to Aether I get either 2002 or 5006. The trick of switching data centers and going back to Aether is no longer working.

The weekend which was supposedly for early access is almost gone and wasted for many with this problem. The game launches in two days. Hopefully when someone comes into work tomorrow they will address this situation.