How do you restric the number of songs downloaded at the same time?

With the latest version of iTunes when I purchase an album from ITunes Store it starts to download upto three songs at the same time.
This slows down the speed at which they are downloaded up to 6 times for each song what it takes when downloading a single song.
Is there anyway to restrict the number of songs downloaded?
You can pause all downloads and then manually download each one but then you have to sit at the computer the whole time.
I'm using cable broadband with upto 512kbps.

I have the same issue with TV shows. Purchasing more than one show starts downloads on several files (shows/songs/movies) at the same time. If I remember correctly, certain older versions of iTunes proceeded to download only one file at a time. If it finished one, it started the next on the list until the files were all downloaded, or the internet connection was interrupted, after which you had to "check for purchases" to start downloading where you left off.
I wonder if there is a way to change that setting back to the old way? I'll be watching this thread for news...
- Rob K.
PowerBook G4, 1.5GHz, 1.25GB; PowerMac G4 (Quicksilver) 733MHz, 1.12 GB Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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