sounds like authorize.net has not fully cleared the account but it could be something with your dns etc. generally api connections take a few tries... see if you can get a paypal connection. or slme other api to work. i have not used authorize.net... sorry for the formatting. my android wont even capitalize or do a line feed in this text box.
I would check Authorize.net or Magentocommerce.com
sounds like authorize.net has not fully cleared the account but it could be something with your dns etc. generally api connections take a few tries... see if you can get a paypal connection. or slme other api to work. i have not used authorize.net... sorry for the formatting. my android wont even capitalize or do a line feed in this text box.