BBC iplayer Plugin Listen Live 1.6.0 - Error 403 Forbidden usinga Akamai CDN

On the 9th October I noticed that the BBC Listen Live streams were returning error 403 forbidden.

I am running LMS 7.9.2 (5th October 2018)
BBC Iplayer Plugin 1.6.0

I am NOT in the UK but use a "Smart DNS" service to use the Listen Live UK streams which have worked without problems thus far.

I then swapped to the "alt-CDN" and with some extended buffering the streams then worked.

I contacted my network provider to see if this was a "glitch".

They responded by saying that

"Akamai streams are banned, you will have to use limelight counterparts"

as-dash-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net
as-hls-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net
aod-dash-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net
aod-hls-uk-live.bbcfmt.hs.llnwd.net

I am not sure if this is a tempoary situation.

I thought I would post this in case othrs are seeing this issue.