Resume download after error -3259

iTunes 7.6.2.9
Windows Vista
I have a connection that periodically drops out during a download. If I am trying to download a 300MB+ file into iTunes and my connection drops, I get an error message "stopped (err= -3259)", which I think is the error number for a line fault. When I get to the final few MB and the line drops, it is very irratating since when I try to download again it starts from the beginning.
Is there some way for the download to resume where it had left off, i.e. if I already have 300 MB of a 340 MB download, I want to download only the remaining 40 MB? I think this is the way an FTP download works.
Thanks for any help,
Rick

did you ever resolve this i am having the same problem

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