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Firefox freezes when trying to use flash player on BBC website

Tags: Mozilla, Firefox, 3.0, Title: akamai:AkamaiServiceError.AKAMAI_API  Description: Timed out while trying to connect  Code: 6
Firefox freezes when I try to view any video on the BBC website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer   OR
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7488536.stm

Error Message
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Error on screen - "The content isnt available at this moment"

Error message when rightclicking and then selecting - Copy error message
"Title: akamai:AkamaiServiceError.AKAMAI_API
 Description: Timed out while trying to connect
 Code: 6"

Other Facts
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OS - Win XP
Firefox 3.0
Flash player - 9,0,124,0 installed
Videos work perfectly on Youtube and adobe site
Videos also dont work in other browsers (IE, Safari, Opera etc..)

Solutions tried without success
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- Cleared firefox cache, history, cookies etc..
- Reinstalled adobe flash player
- Enabled portforwarding for port 53 and 1925 on router
- Disabled windows firewall


I am trying to get this working since 2 weeks now.. and have given up !
Can some fellow expert help me out here ?

Cheers,
Flashjohny
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Question Stats
Zone: Software
Question Asked By: Flashjohny
Question Asked On: 07.05.2008
Participating Experts: 5
Points: 500
Views: 0
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