IMessage "Verifying" then "Unable to Contact iMessage server"

Just received the security patch ios 6.1.6 and installed. Now iMessage and Facetime are acting like I have never justed them.  iMessage wants me to log in, which I do. Then I click Next and it starts "verifying." After a long wait it states "Unable to contact iMessage server. Try again." Same thing happens with Facetime.  Why and how do I fix it?

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