ITunes download extremely slow on a 300Mbps uVerse connection

Gigapower installed yesterday (W00t!!!) ... everything is flying except ... iTunes downloads
I've tried the following with no improvement
Different DNS servers from the local machine (4.4.4.4, 8.8.8.8, OpenDNS, att standard DNS)
Turning off the firewall
Opening itunes port in gaming for the machine
Sacrificing a pure white goat inside a pentagram while wearing a black turtleneck
Resetting network adapter
Trying from multiple hardwired locations
Speedtest has me at 320Mbps and everything else is flying except streaming any connection to the iTunes store (from Mac, PC, and Apple TVs both wired and wireless).

Having the same problem tonight, trying to download Mary Poppins for my girls and I may as well have dial up... Speedtest has me at 85 Mbps even while the DL is occurring so has me pondering where the hold up is.

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talie wrote:
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Don't quit iTunes.
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Slow in what respect? Please be specific.
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I did all the step with save mode and that didn't gave the same result.
Then I created a new account and there itunes started up normally.
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Check out this Apple article -> iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting
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Oh my god,
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It won't last long, its just apple make all these changes 3-4 days ago, a week or 2 they will have it all str8.
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Reinstalling iTunes shouldn't lose your music files.
But it is ALWAYS a good idea to have backups, esp of purchased files.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/musicstore/backup/

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