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Sms not working only IMessage

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When I try to send a text to a fellow iPhone user even with wifi off or disconnected my iPhone 5s tries to send an iMessage and won't send until I'm connected to the Internet. It still sends texts to non Apple users and when I completely turn off iMessage itself. But shouldn't it just be able to switch from iMessage to text depending on connection? Please help
 

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When I try to send a text to a fellow iPhone user even with wifi off or disconnected my iPhone 5s tries to send an iMessage and won't send until I'm connected to the Internet.
You must be connected to the internet in order to send iMessages
It still sends texts to non Apple users and when I completely turn off iMessage itself. But shouldn't it just be able to switch from iMessage to text depending on connection? Please help
SMS messages do not require a "data plan" and thus internet access or lack thereof doesn't affect it.
 
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