Cannot text to other than other iPhones

I have read the other posts and tried most solutions but I still cannot text to or receive  text messages from non-iPhone users. Just purchased iPhone 5S. Open to other ideas.

Settings/Messages. Turn on Send as SMS. If it was on contact your carrier; you may not have SMS provisioned on your account.

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    troubleshooting message http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2755
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    cavileer wrote:
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    If you can't send or receive messages on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
    Did you activate imessage?  Is this happening to everyone your sending imessage too or just one contact?
    If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support

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    MNot able to send texts to other iPhones why?

    Might help if you included carrier, model,etc etc...

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