Can't SMS (regular text) with iPhone users when iMessage is off?

My iMessage is off and so is cellular data because I ran over my data for the month so I turned it off. I can send regular text messages, SMS, to people and they send, but it seems that when iPhone users reply, I don't get the message. Can anyone help me please?

The other iPhones also have to have Settings > Messages > Send as SMS > ON
Note that group SMS requires MMS and cellular data on to work.

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