Fixed!
See end of first post
I'm wondering if this isn't what is happening to me:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r29831992-HSI-Issue-connecting-to-EA-Sports?r=822
As far as I understand it, this guy's ISP assigned him an IP that happened to be banned from EA and it blocked him from accessing easo.ea.com and accounts.ea.com<---game activation server(s)
Unfortunately I don't understand what he did to fix it so I can test it out.
First post updated with some semi-official word from EA on the issue. Their workaround did not work for me but give it a try (though it seems like a risky thing to do...but what do I know?)
Did you ever get this fixed? I've had the same issue for a month now.
Nope. Still waiting on a fix.
I've tried absolutely everything. I know it works as EA got it working their end. Something is blocking the activation but I can't figure out what. I've had my pc running to it's bare bones with nothing running. I've had it scanned with all sorts of programs to see if theres something wrong . The only thing left is something in my superhub blocking it but I've even had that running as just a modem to bypass the wireless and I still get the error message. Looking over the internet there are a hell of a lot of people with the same problem but yet no fix?!
If this is what you have to go through just to play a game I've payed for then you have to wonder why people would rather torrent.
