Failed to connect ... port 80: Timed out, R connection to a Bing API

Question

I am using the function geroute from package {taRfix.geo} , it extracts data from a Bing map API, here is a simple example

x <- georoute( c("3817 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104", 
               "9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892"), 
               verbose=TRUE, returntype="time", 
               service="bing" )    

the output I get is

Failed to connect to dev.virtualearth.net port 80: Timed out

I did check Microsofts documentation, the georoute function uses the API's listed link

http://dev.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Routes

one of the other things I tried was setInternet2() and Setinternet2=TRUE to no avail ...