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Why are My iTunes Downloads so Slow?

I have a 30 Mbps internet connection. When I run a speed test against my connection I almost always hit 30 Mbps. However, when I download podcasts and other files from iTunes my download speeds max out at just over 7 Mbps. I ran the diagnostics in iTunes and everything checked out fine. Any ideas on why I getting such a slow download speed?

Windows 7

Posted on Apr 17, 2012 5:18 PM

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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 1:19 PM

I can't help, but by way of confirmation, I typically get a 12 hour forecast for downloading a SD movie on a PC.

This is not your system.


I have to stay up tending the computer- it may speed up overnite. Sometimes it loses even that which it had and starts over.

It's not my system. Netflix streams away with never a buffering moment, reliably, any time of day.


I wish, when the issue is clearly Itunes/apple only issue , they would stop dishing out the usual suspects which a savvy user will haved tried a million times already. It's a terrible time waster.

I'd fell much better if they said " We have server and distributor issues, we're sorry and we are fixing it."

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Why are My iTunes Downloads so Slow?

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