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buckleb · 27-12-2011, 11:15

Is anyone else experiencing very slow downloads from Apple?

I purchased an iPad before Christmas and while general network connectivity is fine, and app downloads crawl along at dial-up speeds.

Using iTunes on my desktop also shows very slow download speeds (circa 50KB/sec). Even downloading the iTunes update was a lesson in slowness. I am currently downloading the Top Gear giveaway from the Apple app store, and it is indicating 9 hours (for 905MB)!

I am on the 100Mb product though I don't think this has anything to do with Virgin (apologies if this is in the wrong section) as everything else seems to download at normal rates.

I have changed DNS providers (and flushed the dns cache in-between changes) but it doesn't seem to make any difference.

27-12-2011, 11:15	#1
buckleb Inactive Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sawbridgeworth Services: Vivid 200 Tivo 500GB Posts: 366	Slow Downloads from Apple Is anyone else experiencing very slow downloads from Apple? I purchased an iPad before Christmas and while general network connectivity is fine, and app downloads crawl along at dial-up speeds. Using iTunes on my desktop also shows very slow download speeds (circa 50KB/sec). Even downloading the iTunes update was a lesson in slowness. I am currently downloading the Top Gear giveaway from the Apple app store, and it is indicating 9 hours (for 905MB)! I am on the 100Mb product though I don't think this has anything to do with Virgin (apologies if this is in the wrong section) as everything else seems to download at normal rates. I have changed DNS providers (and flushed the dns cache in-between changes) but it doesn't seem to make any difference.