Message on 10.9.1 can't login / activate - Can on other computers.

Hi all,
I'm having an issue with Messages.app, and Facetime.app (Although I don't use the latter).
Messages either completely fails to login, or appears to login but remains inactive.
This is on my early 2011 MBP on 10.9.1.
I've done some trouble shooting that rules a lot of stuff out.
I have one appleid linked to my phone number.
Messages works from the phone.
I can use my appleid + Messages from my Father's computer. (Mac Mini,08)
My Father's Messages.app credentials won't sign in on my computer.
I've created a new user account from which to test but cannot properly sign in there either.
The above proves that the fault is not with the account, but with my OS install or my hardware.
I have no reason to believe there is a fault with either, all the same.
I've trawled these forums and followed the general advice. Removing pref files, checked hosts file, changed password, added/removed email addresses, date/time, region, keychain entires, sign out/in on all devices, etc.
I have had no replacement parts and my original serial number is listed where it should be.
I could do a fresh ML/Mavericks install on a spare hard drive for testing, but as a last resort.
Sometimes I get "Messages can't be set up at this time" with an error/reference code.
Sometimes I get a complaint about network settings.
Sometimes I just get a spinning icon and an infinite wait.
I should point out that my mac is in tip-top form other than this, and I never have any network issues.
Once in a while, usually after restart, I make it to the window where you select your phone numbers/email addresses.
When I try to progress past that I'm shown my messages window with the status - inactive.
Attempting to activate asks me to login again and fails as before.
If it's relevant, I did have to go round in similar circles for about an hour in order to get icloud keychain to work.
I ended up sending a half dozen code requests during this process.
Is it possible that apple are blocking logins associated with my serial number as a result of this activity?
All other cloud related services, including keychain, are enabled and seem to be working just fine.
Any help at all would be much appreciated.

Hi there,
First can I say that there are several threads with detailed information on solving this problem.
Just because my issue was at Apple's end doesn't necessarily mean yours is.
I would encourage you to read the relevant threads and do the usual trouble shooting first.
To answer your question, however, I engaged in the text chat service with apple by following the contact options on their website and choosing the 'exception' option.
After basic trouble shooting through text chat, I was told to phone the customer care line for my country, but given a 'free pass', rather than paying the £35.
After that I did have to jump through the trouble-shooting hoops. New user account, reinstall OSX etc etc, but soon after someone was able to remove some kind of security restriction from my account.
When I first installed Mavericks I had immediate difficulties activiting iCloud keychain.
As a result I must have requested ten or fifteen validation codes during one day.
I would speculate that this aroused suspicion and caused apple to limit activity of my appleid.
Hope this is useful to you.

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