Its getting slightly better:
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"blockchain_head_block_age": "5 seconds old",
"blockchain_head_block_timestamp": "20140709T190520",
"blockchain_average_delegate_participation": 66.44736842105263,
"blockchain_delegate_pay_rate": 43956971,
"blockchain_blocks_left_in_round": 22,
"blockchain_confirmation_requirement": 52,
"blockchain_share_supply": 199616530710650,
"blockchain_random_seed": "a4baaca6020089035af6f750894f309acb843a31",
"blockchain_database_version": 111,
"blockchain_version": 105,
"[color=yellow]network_num_connections": 6[/color], <================
"network_num_connections_max": 40,
"network_protocol_version": 104,
"ntp_time": "20140709T190525",
"ntp_error": -0.017440000000000001,
"wallet_open": true,
"wallet_unlocked": true,
"wallet_unlocked_until": "6 days in the future",
"wallet_unlocked_until_timestamp": "20140715T103319",
"wallet_block_production_enabled": true,
"wallet_next_block_production_time": "2 minutes in the future",
"wallet_next_block_production_timestamp": "20140709T190740",
"wallet_version": 101