Hello Richard,
It looks like a problem with the proxy server. I've searched in Internet and found that similar problem can occur when a blue coat proxy server is used. In this case it requires the network team to create a rule to allow traffic from the webserver to the web service/REST.
Best wishes,
Andrey Murzov
the Telerik team
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