Backing up speed is about 1 gig an hour... any way to speed up?

im doing my first backup with Time Machine to my external hard drive (FreeAgent Go, 250 gigs)... i started the backup around 1pm today, and now at around 8:30pm its backed up 8.78 gigs out of 104 gigs....
is there a way to speed this up? or can i stop the backup and then continue at a different time?
cause at the rate i'm going, this backup will not be done until mid-afternoonn Saturday and im leaving for college Friday...
can someone help me with this please?

Andrew, consider this:
*Anti-Virus Software*
Are you running anti-virus software. Disable it and see if network speeds inmprove. The discussion boards are filled with users who are experiencing degraded network speeds due to their anti-virus software.
One poster observed: “I had the exact same problem 5 mins ago, it had taken 2 hours to back up 2GB, I realized I installed Sophos anti virus a couple of days ago. When I turned that off my back up is speeding through.”
Another contributor stated, “I am doing the first backup to my time capsule, about 71 Gb, It seems to be going about 1 Gb per hour. is this seem OK? I tried the ethernet connection and the speed was about the same. It has been going all night and after 12 hours it is at only 12 Gb of 71….I found the problem, I uninstalled Norton and the problem went away. It backed up in about 3 or 4 hours”
Might this be the issue?

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