I just connected, and no, it didn't take 5 to 10 minutes to get past the account loading screen. Hopefully it's the same for everyone else.
Same here...but my favorite servers are down. But at least I have the option to play now.
Let's try and keep this in one thread.
http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=6512
http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=6512