Apologies if the general topic has already been discussed but apparently the PSN Store is still unavailable on PSP - is this the case all over the world?

I bought a Go yesterday at a more than reasonable price from work knowing I have Final Fantasy IX on my PSN account and thinking that this whole PSN fallout had cleared but apparently not. Having activated/assigned my device to my account I have now also lost the permissions to play the games that were already loaded from the previous owner of the device.

I don't know if this is common knowledge/if I am stating the obvious but I have managed to start downloading FFIX off the server without the store by logging in on the internet (https://store.playstation.com) and going to downloads where the Media Go suite asks you to connect to the device via USB.

Final Fantasy 9 at 1.4gb, although quite big shouldn't be moving as slow as it is surely? Has anyone else in a situation where they are using the same method to re-acquire their games, and if so are you finding it painfully slow?

Excuse the dull topic - just eager to make use of my £150 paper weight.