I can still connect and update blocks. I have 5 connections with the following peer info:

[
{
"addr" : "54.201.183.106:54449",
"services" : "00000001",
"lastsend" : 1429983405,
"lastrecv" : 1429983425,
"conntime" : 1429981612,
"version" : 1000400,
"subver" : "/USDE:1.0.4/",
"inbound" : false,
"releasetime" : 0,
"startingheight" : 689999,
"banscore" : 0
},
{
"addr" : "71.175.81.45:54449",
"services" : "00000001",
"lastsend" : 1429983424,
"lastrecv" : 1429983435,
"conntime" : 1429981702,
"version" : 1000400,
"subver" : "/USDE:1.0.4/",
"inbound" : false,
"releasetime" : 0,
"startingheight" : 690002,
"banscore" : 0
},
{
"addr" : "94.175.70.42:54449",
"services" : "00000001",
"lastsend" : 1429983404,
"lastrecv" : 1429983425,
"conntime" : 1429981752,
"version" : 1000400,
"subver" : "/USDE:1.0.4/",
"inbound" : false,
"releasetime" : 0,
"startingheight" : 690004,
"banscore" : 0
},
{
"addr" : "27.0.87.66:54449",
"services" : "00000001",
"lastsend" : 1429983404,
"lastrecv" : 1429983426,
"conntime" : 1429983350,
"version" : 1000400,
"subver" : "/USDE:1.0.4/",
"inbound" : false,
"releasetime" : 0,
"startingheight" : 690026,
"banscore" : 0
},
{
"addr" : "68.96.191.5:54449",
"services" : "00000001",
"lastsend" : 1429983513,
"lastrecv" : 1429983516,
"conntime" : 1429983513,
"version" : 1000400,
"subver" : "/USDE:1.0.5/",
"inbound" : false,
"releasetime" : 0,
"startingheight" : 690027,
"banscore" : 0
}
]