user1306: I have just started up my client GUIMiner for the first time.  It was downloading the block chain without any issue and got up to 99% where it has been stuck for the past 1 to 1.5 hours.
Is this normal behavior?

user1306: Network issues were preventing this from completing. 

1306: <p>I have just started up my client <i>GUIMiner</i> for the first time.  It was downloading the block chain without any issue and got up to 99% where it has been stuck for the past 1 to 1.5 hours.</p>

<p>Is this normal behavior?</p>
 1306: <p>Network issues were preventing this from completing. </p>
