IChat won't work abroad

I bought my MAC in July in the states, and when I was there my iChat worked fine! I am living in London now, and I cannot use my iChat! I can send text messages, but when I try to invite a friend to chat, they accept but it says they cancelled the invitation. When a friend invites me, I do not even get their invitation at all coming through to my computer! Please help, I don't know what to do and its Thanksgiving and I wish I could talk to my friends and family back home...

Bet that's a PPPoE login when must British ISPs use PPPoA
Or it's a Port issue.
9:58 PM Friday; November 23, 2007

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