Duplicate Texts on my iPhone 4

I'm receiving duplicate texts every now and then (SMS & MMS). Mostly from texts about an hour+ old.
Any idea how to fix this? It must be a network issue after reading a lot of posts on the forum, as I am not the only one experiencing this problem.

It definitely sounds like you're in a strange situation! We would be delighted to see what we can do on our end. I see you mentioned a ticket was filed for this issue. Can you elaborate on what the outcome/resolution was? Please keep us posted, thanks!
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