Here's a peers.dat from 9/6/15 2:57PM EST with 14 connections. Just do the initial startup to get your base files, close the wallet (backup your wallet.dat if neccessary), replace peers.dat, and start the wallet back up. You should get more connections faster. If you wait too long from the time of upload it may not work as well but I can always get you a fresh copy.
https://mega.nz/#!fZBWkI7T!0FbVukLFRcxl6jc3ieiWvN0A98VSIK2cgfxLOV8brLYThanks for this!
Guess what - as soon as I withdrew my coins back into the wallet....BAM! Instant notification balloon. Not only that...BAM! No notification lingered!
Don't know what the problem was, but all caught up now.
Only downside is my coins aren't mature any more

Appreciate the help
