Cannot Send Text Messages (Unless Text Thread is Empty)

Hey Everyone,
I recently updated to 3.0 on my iPhone 3G and tried texting some of my contacts, only to find that I could only text some of them.
I found the post here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2045721&tstart=120
and my problem is similar. I'm able to send messages to certain contacts, but some will constantly give me an "Error sending message". For instance, I'm in Canada, and a friend of mine is on Fido, and I can't seem to be able to text her anymore. She can still receive messages from other people, including my brother, who is shared on the same plan, but has not taken the 3.0 upgrade yet. Also, most of my other contacts seem to be textable... just a select few that don't seem to work...
I've tried putting the iPhone into Airplane mode for 15 seconds (as recommended by the Apple website) and have also tried restoring the firmware.
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
MrWelfare
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Update:
So I just restored to factory settings without restoring the image of my old phone, and it worked briefly, but now it seems that it's fallen back into it's pattern of not working...
Second Update:
It seems to work perfectly if I delete the text message thread that is created every time I send a new message. (Meaning I can only send and receive one message before I have to delete the thread and compose a new message by browsing through my contacts, selecting a recipient, etc).
If I get more than two (one outgoing and one incoming) messages in the thread, however, it refuses to send any more messages...
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