lewis_holyfield Sascha_Z
Long shot, but I've seen free/busy break between servers after disabling TLS 1.0/1.1 (and thus only supporting 1.2 and higher).
Doubt that's the case here, but trying doesn't hurt I presume.
Below registry keys will configure .NET to use higher TLS levels. Apparently it doesn't default to TLS 1.2 if it's available and not even when it's the only stack enabled.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v2.0.50727]
"SchUseStrongCrypto"=dword:00000001
"SystemDefaultTlsVersions"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v4.0.30319]
"SchUseStrongCrypto"=dword:00000001
"SystemDefaultTlsVersions"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v2.0.50727]
"SchUseStrongCrypto"=dword:00000001
"SystemDefaultTlsVersions"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v4.0.30319]
"SchUseStrongCrypto"=dword:00000001
"SystemDefaultTlsVersions"=dword:00000001