FWIW, I have 9 active connections now, here is the list based on getpeerinfo:

addnode=108.61.103.113:51758
addnode=5.189.144.97:45318
addnode=85.25.117.27:13655
addnode=211.149.213.86:53801
addnode=115.28.200.229:65089
addnode=94.156.77.93:9373
addnode=84.22.27.99:38220
addnode=211.149.213.86:53983
addnode=85.25.19.187:9373