Slow download speed on movies

For some reason my download speed on everything else is good... at least for my area.. but Itunes is giving me a download time on a movie at aprox 60 hours+ !!!.  When I do speed test my connection speed is sitting at 1-1.5 Mbps... and when I look at the expected download time for a regular 2 hour movie I should be expecting a download time of 2 hours.  Is there something i can change in the settings with Itunes?  Can I log into itunes using a 3rd party app like speed download to download my purchases?

aha... I found a solution for us... on one of the other discussions.  Go to your system preferences and click on the network.  Highlight the DNS server(s) and clear them.  If your using a apple router don't clear the DNS on your computer but clear them on your router set up.  Apply the changes and your download speed on Itunes should match the network speed that you have.  After I made the changes to my router my movie download went from 60 hours to 5 . 

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