The UICP depends on what it is made out of and who is selling it... Could be a good one or it could be a knock off one.
As for the login problems... AF has always had server issues and they are always trying to solve the problem. It just means that we are getting hammered with traffic lately and there's nothing they can do about it unless they upgrade the server. Which I hope happens soon... But I'm not gonna hold my breath... I have heard lots of people are having problems with it, but I haven't had any problems recently.
