How to send a sms instead of imessage

how do you send an SMS instead of imessage
thanks

Hi becca,
If you are sending a text to a non Apple device/computer, it is always sent as an SMS (or MMS, if you are sending pictures or videos with the text). Texts sent to Apple products that are registered with iMessage will always be sent as iMessages.
Cheers,
GB

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Hi becca,
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Well, my dad isn't very 'tech savy' so its kind of confusing to him, the whole iMessage "deal"
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Hi Ian,
If you are having an issue with sending SMS text messages, I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
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Thanks for the responses. But I am still having the same issues. I cannot even send iMessages to myself when I turn Wi-Fi off! I am a software engineer by profession and somewhat of a computer nut, so this is quite frustrating that this will not work for me!
I am trying to ascertain what is different/wrong with my setup:
I have jail-broken my device in the past, but I am not jailbroken on iOS 5.
Nor am I unlocked or anything - I have a perfectly legal and normal AT&T account with the required data-plan.
I am still on the retroactive unlimited plan since I have had every single iPhone right from the start.
I have everything except "show subject field" and "Send Read Receipts" On in Settings->Messages. (Although while testing I have tried both of these features.
I have it to receive at "2 Addresses" in including my phone number and my email address. This was set by default and the email is my Apple ID (and cannot be removed) - but I have never received an iMessage on my email.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
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