I thought that whenever you were in range of your avatar to be loaded in, you're automatically loaded in. Though I'm not really sure about that since there isn't any scenario where I can compare your hypothetical situation to. Consciousness might be a factor in being loaded in, yes, because you control your avatar based on each of your wills. I would think that you'd need to be conscious to actually provide a will for the avatar to load in. I'm trying to think of something to prove that point. But at the moment, I can't think of anything.
I still cannot find a valid explanation for whatever Noiz did to reestablish his connection. I was thinking that his heart stopped momentarily though, leading whatever's controlling the connections to think that he's dead, breaking the connection.
That was probably my biggest complaint, if there were any.