Hi All,
New here.
For me wallet v0.8.7.5-g355d8bc-beta takes "forever" to get a fresh copy of the blockchain.
After restarting it, I now have 8 network connections and in 24 hours received 2372151 blocks.

Create a file infinitecoin.conf in a folder at the same level as the file wallet.dat,
Write "connect=" +node address to file infinitecoin.conf.
example:connect=129.211.58.27
You can find the node address in Blockchain Explorer.
Set up 1 node, you can get very fast synchronization.