I think a lot of people are forgetting that early access wasn't supposed to start until the 15th, and the fact that it is on the 13th means we should definitely expect some delays. Howver, another bluepost update about the waves would always be appreciated. (For example a bluepost for each wave... since there are people claiming to be on wave 3...) We're all impatient because we're excited about the game and its easy to get upset. This thread is the digital representation for that.
For all the people shrieking that they've pre-ordered and redemeed their code, but it says they havent please, for the love of god, venture through some of the older posts because this has been addressed several times. But in case you don't want to, if you go to My Account >> Preorder and your screen says:
"You redeemed your Pre-Order Code and now are registered for the following items:
Early Game Access
Color Stone (Virtual Item)
Download Game Client
You can now download the game client and patch the game. Watch for an email invitation from The Old Republic team to begin your Early Access."
Then you'll get early access. The other code you are seeing mentioned in the Redeem Code section, is in reference to the game confirmation code that will come on the Physical/Digital copy of your game on the 20th. You do not have to have (and in fact cannot have) a subscription set up until this point. This also has no bearing on your ability to play the early access.
Overall I'm checking back and forth between Facebook, guild page, and this forum to look for any new information. Though this thread is moving so fast that 5 new pages are added before I'm finished looking through 1. I have two guildies in on Iron Citadel at the moment, congrats to them, though I slightly hate 1 right now because he played for 20 minutes and went to work. Both of them pre-ordered the first day. I pre-ordered August 2, so we'll see how it goes. I am still disinclined to belive the people who claimed to have pre-ordered in the last month and are in the early access. I believe the word is Troll my dears.