Problems downloading BBC podcasts

[cojak]

I use Noscript, but won't download anything from it.

Ta Nick

[NickFitz]

Your post is now the first result on Google for network error 3259 bbc podcasts

There are ranting imbeciles waving assorted voodoo chickens but there's a vague possibility that this might help. Then again, it might not

There's also this unutterably bizarre... well, thing-that-pretends-to-be-English (but don't blame me if it turns out to be some spammer trying to install malware when you view the page):

I am about to bag the absolute iTunes podcast experience! I always get a "Stopped Absurdity 3259" bulletin on any podcast best than a few minutes. I accept been researching this for weeks and accept yet to acquisition an acknowledgment that worked. Anybody seems to just, eventually, let it go.
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Normally, absurdity 3259 occurs while downloading a Podcast, but your aboriginal column said "I always get a "Stopped Absurdity 3259" bulletin on any podcast best than a few minutes", which makes it complete as admitting it fails while alert to them.

On a totally unrelated note, has anybody else here ever read English As She Is Spoke? I have, and highly recommend it

[minestrone]

"If it was a err .3258 you would be OK. err .3260 and you really have a problem. err .3259 means there is a problem but we cannot tell you what it is because we do not know what err .3259 means"

[cojak]

I'm getting network timeout error messages (err .3259) to most of my podcast downloads. I thought it was my Nvidia firewall so took that off and I take down the replacement Windows firewall while I try it again. This just leaves my router firewall which has been rock solid for the 5 years that I've had it.

I know it can only be a few things but I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this problem lately?

PS. I'm having problems with Juice as well as iTunes.