I d/l at 26k/sec out of a max of 32(theorical)
1st-Get a good Serverlist (servers of 3k+ users)
2nd-in options pull ur max connections much higher (u can handle 5000-20000dependig ur bandwith i have ADSL 32kbdl 14kb up and 2500 there)
3rd-If under win 98 there's smthg at the registry to play with, if under XP u shall remove the firewall
PM me ur OS

BTW: Edonkey developers are now working on OVERNET, same architecture as edonkey but without servers, all users in the same net making as individual servers, it's still in beta version but i've heard it works fine (must desinstall edonkey) PM me if u want more info on it