I've been having loads of problems viewing from the UK too. In the last week House, BSG and Dexter have all been unwatchable, each stopping part-way through episodes with the message 'Communicating (x%)'. I've reinstalled Real v.11 and its made no difference. One Dexter episode (3x08) stopped at the same point each time I watched it (on different days). I've never had the problem before - Real v.11 was working fine for weeks with Firefox.
This site used to be fantastic, but the speed / stopping issues are making it unusable - shame as I just bought loads of points!
If anyone's got any possible fixes that I can try I'd be really grateful.
Cheers