and i can't update my ipod firmware!

Confirm that it's User-Agent filtering. I've just set up a proxy at home and rewritten iTunes http headers to spoof iTunes as Safari, and it now works just fine.

Incidentally, the filter will prevent iTunes from accessing just about anything - Podcasts, Store, CDDB, update server; the lot. Every other user agent that I've tried has had no problems at all, so it looks like a deliberate targetting of iTunes.

@uglymonster... care to share the steps you took to resolve this issue?? thanks!!

So, maybe TMnet is also blocking other User-Agent like uTorrent, besides BT capping. I'm using encryption, so i figured they probably cap the tracker or something.

Yup, looks like more and more folks have been able to confirm that user-agent filtering is happening and it's most likely going to affect more applications beyond BT (the guys in Broadband user2user have already figured this out) and iTunes.

I doubt that they're deliberately targetting iTunes though; sounds more like poorly-configured filtering that's blocking anything that doesn't match a recognizable browser (IE, Mozilla, Safari, etc.) user-agent.

Good news is it works this morning!

Hope this stays.....

i was able to connect since last night... still updating all my podcasts until now...

yap.. can connect since last night.. so happy

edited.. but fews mins later.. cannot connect liaw..

This post has been edited by siawgu: Feb 1 2007, 11:11 AM

Can you give step by step instructions. I tried but couldn't connect to itms. Maybe I missed something.

kaiserreich,

Try connecting again without proxies. Tmnet has fixed the problem.

When did they tell you that? I tried at 5pm without proxies and no connection. I managed to get my proxy to work and it's slow.

Please Advise.

@kaiserreich... where are you located??? i still can connect to iTunes without any proxies.. experiencing sloooow downloads though....

same here.......super slow downloads.....but can connect

Tmnet didn't say anything, didn't even bother to reply my emails regarding this. I just tried connecting to iTunes Store and it worked. Download speeds were not too bad, slightly slower than usual. Hope it works out.

i cant connect without proxy but when i use my paid proxy, i can download podcasts at full speed ;o

it seems that i can still browse itunes store when i disable my proxy and remain at top speed ;o

This post has been edited by ezinger: Feb 10 2007, 03:13 PM

i jus downloaded the firmware for nano 2g 1.1.2 so no prob there.

ur suppose to let the thread know if you could connect to itunes store [:

uhh meaning.. YES i could connect to both itunes store and their database..

cause as far as i know. if u could connect to the update server means u COULD connect to the itunes store.. thy share the ame upload/download server..

as far as i know i didnt know they use the same server for everything =P

there was once when i couldnt update my ipod but i could browse through the store ;o

the server only varies across countries. meaning US hv their own servers, aust their own. if u couldnt update meaning thy didnt prompt u.. and if thats the case u hd to reconnect yr ipod. and if thy did prompt u and u couldnt download.. tough luck buddy aha