The same as so many others here, the latest patch hasn't fixed things for me unfortunately. It's dissapointing and annoying to not be able to get into the game, but such is the nature of betas, and the effort the guys at FD are putting in *is* appreciated.
One thing that is a little odd for me, which may be of interest / help to others, is that when on my ADSL connection I cannot connect to any of the servers, and the game locks up on the main menu as soon as the server IP & port message appear. If I'm quick, I can get into the tutorial scenarios, but the online part of the game is totally off-limits.
What's odd though, is that if I switch to a 3g / mobile connection, I can connect to the servers fine, and the menu doesn't lock up. I can't actually get into the game - I either get the endleslly spinning ship, or "cannot connect to server" after a few seconds - but I can at least make a connection with the servers.
Can anyone think of why that might be, and if / how it's significant in any way?