IPhone wont update

Hi,
I have an IPhone 3GS and just tried updating it and it crashed so i restored it to factory and now im trying to activate it and it keeps coming up with activation server is temporarily down. it keeps saying it and ive been trying for over an hour. any ideas
Ive tried ativating through the normal wifi and through ITunes and the both give me the middle finger. Any help would be greatly appriciated

Has the device ever been jailbroken? Have you ever used the computer you are trying to activate with to jailbreak a device? If so, that is where the problem lies.
If not, it could be security software on the computer that is interfering with contacting the server, or you could check your hosts file to see if there is an entry other than gs.apple.com.

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