iphone subscribed calendar - basic authentication, events and timezone

hi,

i'm attempting to use the subscribed calendar feature in iOS and having problems.

1st issue: i've put an ics file that regularly gets updated on an at a web location that is basic authentication protected. Inside the subscribed Calendar settings there is a place to put username and password. When i click "Done" and iOS tries to verify the information, i get a popup saying "account requires a username and password"... I know basic authentication works and the username and password are correct because i've tested via browser and very simple passwords e.g. 123.

2nd issue: I do work with people in other timezones and so i frequently get meeting requests from people in other timezones. In the ICS file i can see this information is published appropriately. e.g.

DTSTART;TZID="Romance Standard Time":20110510T170000

DTEND;TZID="Romance Standard Time":20110510T183000

If I import this ics file into google calendar, the timezones are read appropriately and the meetings are scheduled accordingly. in the example above, the meeting shows up as being at 8am - 9:30am.

on iOS the timezone is completely ignored. so i get the meeting showing up as 5pm - 6:30pm.

I've tried fiddling with the "Time Zone support" option in settings, but this does nothing.

Help on the issues above is greatly appreceiated. Personally I'm extremely frustrated with this.

Thanks