Live account unavailable

[WPCentral Question]

I have tries several times to create a live account or sign into one that I've recently created and my phone keeps telling me "The Windows Live ID service is unavailable right now. Try again later." I've turned my phone on and off several times and have taken out my battery each time i did so. I'm really confused as to why it's not working, I know it isn't the connection to wifi because I can look things up on bing and I've been able to get a couple steps into the process of making an account until it told me that it was .unavailable. Any solutions?