IMessage se desconfigura

Hace unos dos días iMessage tanto desde mi iPhone y MacBook pro, han estado comportandose de manera extraña,
no puedo mandar mensajes por iMessage, ni tampoco me llegan las personas que me los mandan,
y si mando un mensaje de texto me cobran el envio, quiero saber si alguien
sabe algo al respecto, si es un desperfecto de Apple, o quizas sean mis equipos...
He vuelto a reiniciar iMessage pero no hay caso...
incluso otros amigos mios les pasa lo mismo.
si alguien sabe a que se deba por favor hacerlo saber..
gracias.

http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/
Reboot modem/router
Take a look here
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&src=support_site.home.search&local e=en_GB&q=imessage
Mac 101
http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/
Reiniciar módem / router
Echa un vistazo aquí
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&src=support_site.home.search&local e = es & q = iMessage
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