In the error report uploads a repeated issue is that no Bitcoin network connection could be made.
It's not obvious if this is a port 8333 issue or something else.
We should (at least) improve the feedback to the user if a connection cannot be made.
Perhaps:
add a timeout with message/ alert if a connection cannot be made.
run a Bitcoin Core/ XT node on multibit.org and, if a connection does not seem to be successful try to 'do a Bitcoin ping on port 8333' that node. If this fails this would indicate a network issue at the client.
In the error report uploads a repeated issue is that no Bitcoin network connection could be made. It's not obvious if this is a port 8333 issue or something else.
We should (at least) improve the feedback to the user if a connection cannot be made. Perhaps: