Unable to activate my iphone 3GS because activation server is unavailable?

Hi i just tried to upgrade my 3GS to iOS 5 and after it restarted and I went through all the steps to activate my iphone. But it could not be activated because the servier is temporarily unavailable. I tried taking out the sim card and put it back again, i tried to restart my iphone and i tried everything and it still didn't work.

I think theres something about the iphone  3gs that does not work with the update because just today the same thing happened to me

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