Mail displaying the message "cannot get mail the connection to the server failed" Help!!!

Hi
Overnight both my hotmail accounts on my Iphone 4s, through Mail, have stopped working and I cannot access my email. Every time I try I get the message "Cannot get Mail. Connection to the Server Failed"
I have rebooted my phone, deleted and readded the accoutns and even reset my network settings to factory seeting but nothing works. A few hours ago it randomly started working again but has since stopped.
Please Help!!!

Contact Microsoft to see if Hotmail is having any issues.
The issue described is not an iPhone or iOS issue.

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