My iPad isn't activating my iMessage

When trying to login to my iMessage, I keep getting an error message stating that it can't be activated at this time...try again. I've tried this several times. Anyone else have this issue?

Hi Corynaftinn,
If you are having issues activating iMessage on your iPad, you may find the following article helpful:
iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4268
Regards,
- Brenden

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