Each time I start MOHAA multi-player online, and I connect to a game, my ping jumps to 999 and stays that way forever, until I get kicked off. When I open the console during this time of high pingage, I get this error:

Also, I connect to the Internet through a 56k modem (I live for the day of cable/DSL), but I've never had this problem until recently, and every day it gets worse.
It's very frustrating to say the least, and any help would be greatly appreciated.
