Try the different servers by clicking the "network" globe. I don't pretend to understand what the new numbers mean, but I managed to connect by trying a few different servers.
Definitely getting more difficult to connect now though. Electrum a victim of its own success? (God, I didn't mean to sound like its MtGox - apologies)
after clicking the electrum icon, my computer starts loading something for about 1 or 2 seconds... thats it... no electrum window, nothing... can´t even find an electrum process...