Cannot sign in to Facetime for Mac

Try as I might, I have been unable to sign into FaceTime for Mac on my Mac.  Each time I try, I get the the little twirling circle, then eventually end up with a response in red saying, "Could not sign in. Please check your network connection and try again."
There is nothing wrong with my network connection. I'm able to access anything else that I want through the connection.  I have deleted and reloaded the FaceTime for Mac application, I have checked that I have all settings for location, date and time, and everything else, set up as outlined in all the discussion boards with all required permissions.  I'm running the latest versions of all software. Still no joy, I'm  just not able to access FaceTime from my Mac.
Anyone have any other suggestions?  The folks at the Genius Bar seemed unable to offer any ideas.

This is a follow up to my initial posting.  I placed a call to Apple Support this afternoon.  After the initial agent there was unable to resolve the issue, I was transferred to a more senior technical person.  He stepped me through a whole bunch of trouble-shooting exercises, none of which worked.  He then had me go into a utilities mode and into an area to "repair permissions" on my hard drive, an evolution that took several minutes, and from what scrolled up my screen, looked as though there were quite a few repairs to be made.  The tech said this isn't unusual, and most were probably very minor.
Anyway, after the utility completed, he had me restart the computer, then try again with the FaceTime activation. This time, the activation went through without any problem.  I have no idea what "repair permissions" does, but it did resolve my problem and allowed me to activate FaceTime.

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