Not sure if this is the routine maintenance or something else but saw this today.

FINAL FANTASY XI Official Web Site

Aug. 24, 2009 05:00 [PDT] From: PlayOnline http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/imgs/spacer.gif

Registration Server Emergency Maintenance (Aug. 24) http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/imgs/spacer.gif http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/imgs/info/infhr.gif
The PlayOnline registration server will be unavailable due to emergency maintenance at the following time. During this period, the following services will be unavailable:

- Register or unsubscribe PlayOnline accounts
- Review or update member information
- Review, purchase, cancel, or reactivate Content IDs
- Purchase expansion pack registration codes
- Apply for the World Transfer Service
- Access PlayOnline Membership Information from the official PlayOnline web site (PlayOnline.com)
- Register Reward Codes
- Apply for the Character Reactivation Service
- Purchase Security Tokens

Thank you for your patience.

[Date & Time]
From Aug. 24, 2009 20:00 to Aug. 25, 2009 8:00 (PDT)
* Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Services]
PlayOnline