I am trying to activate my iPhone. I am seeing a message saying "a server problem is blocking Apple ID sign in. Try signing in later." What is this?

I am trying to activate my new Verizon Iphone. I am getting a message saying "A server problem is blocking Apple ID sign in. Please try again later." What is this and it seems to be persisting.........can't activate my long awaited new phone!

Hi Natalie,
I was able to workaround this issue by clicking the "Skip" option on the first screen. Afterwards, I went back and manually entered my me.com Apple ID in Settings | iCloud and my iTunes Apple ID in Settings | Store. Doing it this way doesn't ask you to enter your birthday and I haven't yet found where that is supposed to be set. However, everything appears to be working correctly without it. Hope this helps!
Brad

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