Firefox gives "content encoding error" for multiple sites (mostly forums), however, wget can open those sites just fine

I am working under a corporate proxy server, so this might influence the problem. From home i can access the sites just fine. From here - it gives "content encoding error" on different kinds of forums. For example, http://www.freeallegiance.org/forums/index.php?act=home
I tried to download wget and could download the website htm file just fine!

I also have this problem. I believe it is caused by being connected through a proxy which is adding a second compression to the data. (I think IF uses gzip compression already).
Added details:
* Opera also works.
* I can view the IF admin section on FF
* I can view the forum if I go through a web proxy.

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