IMessage intermittently not working iOS 8.1.2

I have an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.1.2.  For some reason, iMessage will suddenly not send.  It won't send as SMS either despite having selected that option in settings.  I have found that after I receive the fail message, I can copy original message, delete the failed iMessage texts, and then create a new message and paste content.  That will often go through.  I do not know why the first messages fail to send, even after I retry or attempt to send as text (SMS) messages.  It happens on both wifi and cellular, but more commonly on wifi.  I have tried to restart phone and that often resolves problems, but I bought an iPhone so that I didn't have to reboot on a daily basis.

SMS texts need a cellular signal
I am thinking that that might be the issue - that your cell coverage weakens or drops.
Pure SMS cannot go over WiFi (hence the higher international charges for some carriers)
As to why you have to delete the original - don't really know but it could be stuck in the gateway and hence unable to be further processed

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