ITunes connection is extremely slow

For the past five days my connection to iTunes has been painfully slow. This slowness applies to everything from updating podcasts to simply accessing the iTunes store. This seems to be unrelated to my internet connection as I haven't noticed any slowing in anything else I have done. All download rates, etc... are normal outside of iTunes. Has anyone else experienced this and what can be done to fix it?

I have the same problem, have been having it since the March 28. Sometimes iTunes won't even connect, tells me 'the connection has been reset'. But when it does connect, it is extremely slow, sometimes the pictures don't load. Searching stalls and I have to hit the stop button then hit enter to start the search again to get results. Let's not even get into previewing tracks. And as for downloading purchased songs, one night I purchased three albums, I went to bed at midnight at 6 the next morning, it was just starting on the first track of the third albums. Each of these albums total run time was less than an hour. Outside of iTunes my connection is just as zippy as it once was, I dunno why this is happening all of a sudden.
So far my solution has been to avoid the store. Because everything I have tried has been of no help to me whatsoever.
I share your pain though.
PowerBook 15.2" 1.5 MHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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Close your iTunes,
Go to command Prompt -
(Win 7/Vista) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES, right mouse click "Command Prompt", choose "Run as Administrator".
(Win XP SP2 & above) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/Command Prompt
In the "Command Prompt" screen, type in
netsh winsock reset
Hit "ENTER" key
Restart your computer.
If you do get a prompt after restart windows to remap LSP, just click NO.
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Prior to iTunes 7, I had no problems with iTunes whatsoever. Now, just like many other users, the iTunes store is unbelievably slow.
When I start up iTunes and select the iTunes store, it takes about 20 seconds to load up the store. If I try to preview a song, it instantly gives me the message "Network Stalled, Rebuffering Stream".
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I even tried setting my router up using the OpenDNS addresses and iTunes is still slow. I contacted my ISP and they informed me that they are not blocking any ports associated w/ iTunes. Like I said, I had no problems with iTunes prior to iTunes 7.
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Close your iTunes,
Go to command Prompt -
(Win 7/Vista) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES, right mouse click "Command Prompt", choose "Run as Administrator".
(Win XP SP2 & above) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/Command Prompt
In the "Command Prompt" screen, type in
netsh winsock reset
Hit "ENTER" key
Restart your computer.
If you do get a prompt after restart windows to remap LSP, just click NO.
Now launch your iTunes, and see if it is working now.
If you are still having these type of problems after trying the winsock reset, refer to this article to identify which software in your system is inserting LSP:
iTunes 10.5 for Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4123?viewlocale=en_US

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Close your iTunes,
Go to command Prompt -
(Win 7/Vista) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES, right mouse click "Command Prompt", choose "Run as Administrator".
(Win XP SP2 & above) - START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/Command Prompt
In the "Command Prompt" screen, type in
netsh winsock reset
Hit "ENTER" key
Restart your computer.
If you do get a prompt after restart windows to remap LSP, just click NO.
Now launch your iTunes, and see if it is working now.
If you are still having these type of problems after trying the winsock reset, refer to this article to identify which software in your system is inserting LSP:
iTunes 10.5 for Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4123?viewlocale=en_US

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I just recently downloaded the new version of iTunes, 8.2.0, and have been experiencing some trouble with the iTunes store. It can take anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes to load something, a new page or anything. This hasn't just been a problem with the new version of iTunes, it has been a problem probably for a bout 4 months now.
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