The DNS seeders, which are used by the client when it starts to look up other nodes on the network, were set to support the new test clients. They were set to no longer maintain a list of current clients which could have caused your connectivity problems. The seeders have now been set to fully support current clients again.
Please let me know if your problem is resolved.
Thanks

The incidences seem to have diminished, possibly stopped. I'll post again if it pops back up.
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Good one. I do suggest verify however, in case I was somehow mistaken.