Itunes slow connection with internet

HELP please someone!
I recently purchased an iphone 4 and so had to get itunes!
I never had the need for it before but I'm quite impressed with it, sorts my music well and works quicker than I thought it would on Windows.
There is 1 issue though, the connection with the internet seem terrible!
I can't stream the 30sec clips of songs in the itunes store! If I download a song it takes at least half an hour! =(
My connection works fine for everything else, normally around 3Mb/sec download speed, often more though! So don't have any issues with anything else!
If I download a song from another source, often takes a matter of a few mins, if not seconds. But itunes seems so slow on the internet!
Really quick to use, just slow as **** on the net!
Any solutions you can suggest?
I've got a Comodo firewall and Mcafee anti-virus and I've added itunes to their safe lists! I can't see what's slowing it up!
HELP PLEASE!
Thanks in advance folks!

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As a test if this was my PC, I'd turn off all firewalls and security to see if it made any difference. You can always turn it back on after the test.
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