Facetime Does Not Connect - Incoming/Outgoing - With MacBook Pro

Hi All,
I am having a problem trying to get Facetime to work on my MacBook Pro (Mac OS X 10.7.5, Facetime ver 1.1.1).
Basically, I can initialise FT/"see myself", I can make a call, the call will pop-up on the host device and when "accept" is clicked the call will stall with a "connecting" pop-up where the call never actually connects. The same thing happens from the 2nd device making a call to the MacBook, albeit when it finally stalls the error message reads "user XXX is unable to make Facetime calls" OR "connction was lost".
I have gone through all the forums, read all the official Apple Discussion Troubleshooting pages and have tried everything ... clock updates, manual DNS addresses, firewall rules etc. but nothing works.
Most interestingly though, I know that it is a problem with the MacBook Pro itself - and not with wifi signal or Apple ID etc. - because I can make and receive calls on the alternate device (iPad) on the same connection ... without problem.
Can someone please help? Note: Please do not post a standard "troubleshooting" page from Apple Support in your reply ... these steps have been followed and I know that it is something else about the MacBook which is the actual problem.
Thanks in advance.

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