Trying to activate Iphone 4. Says activation failure. Why?

Activated Iphone 4 on verizonwireless.com using MED. Iphone is now not letting my activate through itunes or wireless connection. Saying Activation Failure. Any ideas? Trying to avoid driving 2 hours to apple store.

I was just at the Apple store, exchanging my 4s, when the iTunes server went down.. they told me just to keep trying. It's not just us, I promise. Hope that eases your mind a bit.

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