FaceTime won't work on my MacBook Pro. Help?

I'm having a really hard time trying to figure out what is wrong with the FaceTime on my MacBook Pro. It works fine on my iPhone 5s and it used to work on my iPad. Now, I can't get it to work on my iPad or my MacBook without getting the following message: "Could not sign in. Please check your network connection and try again."

Hello Jay8295,
The articles linked below detail troubleshooting steps that can help get FaceTime successfully activated on your MacBook and your iPad (see the sections labelled "Activating FaceTime for Mac" in the first article).
FaceTime for Mac: Troubleshooting FaceTime
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4185
iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
Cheers,
Allen

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