Can't send texts to certain people after switching phones.

I just switched from my old iPhone 4S to a iPhone 5S as part of my family's upgrade plan (this is through Sprint). Since restoring my phone from my backup saved on my laptop here, I've noticed an issue regarding my texting. I can text other iPhone users just fine via iMessaging. Other non-iPhone users, however, most notably my girlfriend and coworkers, are a different story. I very frequently have to resend messages to them or the message will send out extremely slowly. The "loading bar" at the top will progress to roughly 90% then just stop and idle for about 30-45 seconds, then give me an error or (rarely) send the text out. I've never had any issues like this on my 4S regardless of signal strength and have tried everything. Turning the phone off/on, toggling iMessage, etc., but none of it seems to work and I'm getting increasingly frustrated with this problem and would like some suggestions or help for fixing this as soon as possible.

Hello, Joshua12su.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I see you have tried some troubleshooting steps already. There are a couple more steps that I would recommend trying in the article below.
iOS: Troubleshooting Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
Cheers,
Jason H.

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