Itunes store purchase: when should it download?

I've just made a purchase on Itunes Store, and 15 mins later (and two Itunes restarts) nothing has downloaded (?)
I went through the payment process, and everything was OK, yet, as I say, nothing has downloaded yet.
I've checked my purchase history, and my available downloads in the Store Menu on Itunes itself, and there's nothing in my history, and checking for available downloads does diddly squat (I would have least expected a message saying you have 0 or however many downloads pending at this point).
Anyhoo, how long should it take for a purchase to download, and how long should I leave it before trying to purchase again - should there have been a problem with the first - without the risk of being billed twice?

If you had the box to agree to new iTunes Store terms of service, you will need to go thru the purchase again.
When this pops up, iTunes does not complete the transaction.

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What kind of Internet connection do you have?
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