Very Slow Page Loading at iTunes Store

Does anyone else experience very slow loading of pages at the iTunes store in iTunes 9? I have a G5 iMac running 10.5.8 and an Intel Macbook running 10.6.1. The problem occurs with both. I thought it might be an internet problem but have tried a cable modem connection on the G5 and different wireless networks on the MacBook and it happens every time.

The problem first occurs with the "Name, Time, Artist, Album, Popularity, Price" bar along the top of the small window under "Songs". It has taken up to 30" for this title bar to load. But I don't like this limited view as I like to browse just music without all the other videos, apps etc. So I then click on 'See All'.

This then takes another 45" - 2 minutes to properly load one full page on songs. Again the "Name, Time, Artist, Album, Popularity, Price" seems to be the problem. I can see all the titles of the songs and artists, but because this title bar hasn't loaded properly (the column titles seem bunched to the left hand side), I cannot scroll, review or buy etc. until it has. Am faced with a beach ball each time I click next or back. It has significantly limited the time I know spend browsing around the iTunes store.

Is this just a connection problem (even though I've tried different networks) or something that others have experienced and needs some sort of patch to fix?

thanks in advance either for advice or comments to know I'm not alone with this!