I believe typing #datarate <number> in game will raise/lower your datarate. Dunno if it makes it run faster or just uses up more bandwith....*shrug*. About the 0.4.4 servers, the latest patch you can use is the october of 2003 one (Not sure of exact date). If you don't have that, you'll have to wait for 0.5.0 servers to come out.
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