Can't send texts to other iphones

I have an iPhone 5 that has been updated to ios7. All of a sudden I am unable to send texts to other iPhone users. When I type my text and hit send it say's "sending" but never sends. Now, I have to tap on my message and an option comes up that say's, "send as text message." HELP!!! I have not had this problem until today. My husband does not have an iPhone and I am able to send him texts without having to go through the above scenario. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I tried shutting my phone down and restarting but that didn't solve the problem. Thank you!!!

troubleshooting message http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2755
imessage will send as a SMS (text) when imessage is not available.
that could mean that you or the receiptant has a weak wifi/cellular data signal, or the receiptant doesn't have imessage turned on.

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I'm on hold with them right now, I'm pretty sure that's the problem I just wanted to see if there could be any other reason. Covering all my bases, as it were. <3

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