It is possible that the files I was sharing were not in high demand, because right now I have finally connected to 333 nodes. HOWEVER, my upload speeds are collapsing when DHT goes into update, and what I mean by collapsing is that my upload speeds decrease by OVER 80% during the DHT 'update' process. These symptoms must be connected to this change somehow since these problems were not evidence in the prior Beta build. Rafi is right, save it for 3.0! You had a perfectly working product in build '908.' Why tamper with perfection? These changes were not necessary IMO.