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11/22/2005, 6:40pm, EST
Tuesday, November 22nd
iTMS full-album purchasing issues
Angry iTunes Music Store customers are posting in Apple's forums, wondering why they cannot buy various albums online. Numerous users of both Macintosh and Windows iTunes software have received errors suggesting that the contents of their shopping carts have changed, that the server cannot be located, or that the album they are attempting to purchase has been modified. Some customers reported receiving all of these errors at different times, while still others found that the store works at random times but repeatedly returns to a non-operational state. One user changed her network settings which seemed to remedy the problem; however the solution appears to work for some customers and not others.
The problem appears to affect full album purchases, as most users report being able to download individual tracks of the albums that are problematic. Many of those affected reside in Canada, and many are using an internet service provider by the name of "Rogers Communications". One individual suggests that the company has implemented special software that is causing the difficulties with the iTunes Music Store, hampering downloads and preventing the retrieval of podcasts.
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Once they sort it out, everything will return to normal.
This ISP will only allow a limited amount of traffic in the hope of limiting P2P networks. It is known to cause problems with UseNet, VPN, and services such as Apple iTunes Store.
Once again, the media companies are using their influence to hurt consumers.
Editors at iPodNN: Please change or remove this story as it is only a matter of time before the major media picks up this false and erroneous story.
No, there's a real problem with ITMS recently when trying to purchase albums.