Hi,
I've installed the client recently (v1.4.17) and synching is extremely slow, although I can see 16 connections to the network. At this rate, synch will take several months.
Is there a way to speed up things a bit?
Stake and dig (one address at a time) at Just-dice.com
Dig (all addresses with one click dropping the .dat) at
https://freebitcoins.com/clamchecker/dig_wallet/ (you get 3.5 CLAMS worth of BTC @ market price)
Or you could read thread for Doogs bootstrap! (but the syncing will be slow still and the altcoin markets can move drastically)