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I have this same issue. One thing different for me is I also have an exchange account set up so I push exchange and msn.
One thing to try (that I have been told) is set your mail to check every hour, wait a few hours and then set it back to "as Items arrive".

For the record this has not worked for me, but I have heard it worked for others.
Also my hotmail account is an msn account I pay 20 dollars a year for, I know that used to make a difference back in the pop mail days.

Most people say "hotmail push works" but there are the few of us that it is unreliable at best.