IOS 5 error in facetime/imessage

Hello,
I just purchase my ipad 2 with wifi only running on version 5.0(9A334).
I have tried sign in using Apple ID. However, it shows" Imessage activation" Could not sign in. Please check your network connection and try again. I am able browse internet using safari and wireless is on.
Same as facetime. Can anyone advise..
Thank you

So I had same issue and did 2 hours with Apple support and then in Apple Store and finally with Apple Service. They replaced my 7 day old ipad with a new one. And guess what, same thing. So before throwing it out of the window in disgust I did one more thing, I created a new Apple ID with another email account I have, logged into Facetime with that and voila - it worked
Just for the **** of it I logged off Facetime new AppleID and back in with original AppleID and no dice
So I am logged into ipad using my original AppleID and on Facetime with my new AppleID
Which in my case isnt ideal but as only 3 people use Facetime to speak to me on Facetime I can live with it
But for anyone who uses Facetime extensively probably isnt ideal, I feel for you and hope that if this works for you, at least it works
Now..... how to ask Apple why it wont work with my other AppleID

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