Itunes 10.4 very slow downloads

I am running OS X 10.6.8 and iTunes 10.4 .
My problem is that iTunes is downloading very slowly at around 200 kb. I have tested my download speed and it has came to 11mb download speed, all my other programs are working well apart from iTunes. Can someone help?

OK I need someone to help me understand this. If I connect to my home network, iTunes will launch normally!!!
I am not connected to home sharing - i don't have any song on my server at home, etc., etc., - however if I connect to my SL server at home over VPN, my iTunes acts normal. Does anybody have a suggestion at what may be going on???? I noticed last night at home that iTunes was speedy but didn't think it had anything to do with being on my own network.

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After trying disabling firewalls, upgrading to IE7 etc. etc. I tried using Anonymizer SSL to bypass my ISP and any country restrictions and create a direct pipe from my PC to the anonymizer servers in the USA. I should add I am in Japan by the way and access the US store but have had no problems up until a few days ago.
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Hi spike_japan,
Thanks for the info! However, I've been trying to find a software that does this for Mac comps, but i cant find one. Also, they only work when you want to surf the web anonymously.
Can you enlighten me on how you bypassed your isp to connect straight to the anonymizer servers in the USA? I'm also using the iTunes store and for the past 2 weeks, i've been getting really slow downloads. I've been downloading a tv episode for over a week one - not one season, one episode. It says 80 hours remaining. So please help me out.
I'm sure many peope are having this problem too. Thanks in advance.
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Hi,
I am experiencing very slow downloading speeds, when I am just normally downloading something in Safari, or downloading a torrent with upto 100 seeders.
The maximum download speed I have seen on my computer is 80kb/s, which is painfully slow for downloading the Adobe trials, when they reach about 1gb.
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Message was edited by: Ollie A

I think you're making the same mistake a lot of people make.
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running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.94Mb/s
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OS data&colon; Name = Mac OS X, Architecture = x86_64, Version = 10.8.2
Java data&colon; Vendor = Apple Inc., Version = 1.6.0_37
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RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON
RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF
RFC 1323 Time Stamping: ON
RFC 1323 Window Scaling: ON
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What you did was fine. Leopard is a little different to 10.4.11, but:
Repairing permissions is an important part of regular maintenance, and should always be carried out both before and after any software installation or update.
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and here:
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