Sony state that the 'Welcome Back' scheme will be up and running soon and is in it's final stages of testing.
Around 1-2 days if everything goes to plan.
30 days
You go to the PlayStation Store if you have an online connection to your PS3. If you click the welcome back there will be the different items available at no cost like 30 day PlayStation Plus membership, Free game one , Free game 2, and some other items including a free PSP game download. It's set up so first you order the free item then you order the actual item. The is also a free 100 items to those who log into PlayStation home.
the 10th of may i presume
PlayStation should be back up in a few weeks
PlayStation has announed that they will have it up before may/31/11
It won't. Sony lost their entire database from hackers. So you can't log in, sign up, or download games.
Network has been back up and running for over a yearThe PlayStation network was shut down on April 20 2011 and it is not known when it will be back on The related question has details and will also be updatedsee related question
There's no official date
Within a week was the latest answer from SonySee related Question
The last item in the network to come back up was the PlayStation store on June 2 2011 after the April 20 2011 shutdown
Shutdowns since them have only been for hours and normally for scheduled maintenance The network came back online after the April 20 2011 shutdown and the PlayStation store's return on June 2 2011was the last part of the network to come back online
Yes according to the press release that is one of the customer Complimentary Offering and "Welcome Back" Appreciation Program items see related questions on press release and service outage