Error -3253; help

I am getting this error when ever I download content from the itunes store.  It will often times happen
when updating apps.  It especially happens when downloading tv shows.
Any and all suggestions appreciated.
I have tried to find this error code with out success.
thanks again.

None of those suggestions are of any merit. The error -3253 report is cropping up all over the support fora right now.
This appears to have begun about a month ago - at least, in the most recent incarnation - and it happening on computers with hardwired conenctions; computers with wifi; computers with DSL; and computers with fiber connections.
ISP's known to be affected are Comcast and Suddenlink in the US; there are reports of UK and German users having this problem as well.
Changing DNS settings has no effect. Current versions of iTunes and MacOS have the same kinds of problems as older installs.
Allowing simultaneous downloads or forcing one-at-a-time downloads has no apparent effect. Changing hardware settings (getting into flow control, MTU, etc) in the Network control panel has no apparent effect.
The only single constant in the entire equation is that it's iTunes content being downloaded from Apple servers. That leaves one conclusion to draw about the source of the problem. Something is going wrong with the way the content is being served out by Apple.

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