This has been a problem ever since TMNet implemented their 'wonderful' packet-shaping hardware. The solution is to use a proxy to strip out the user-agents in the HTTP requests that iTunes makes.
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=400109
iTunes Store Problem, Anyone has idea bout it?
Jun 19 2007, 01:47 PM
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