IPhone 4s Sending Old SMS / Text Messages

Hi Guys & Girls,
My iPhone 4s randomly sends out an old message from a few days ago. Basicly very randomly when I send a SMS, intead of receiving the SMS i just sent, the recipient will receive a message from a few days ago and not receive the SMS I just sent.
Applecare told me it's a problem with the network i'm on, so contacted the network, they can't find anything wrong with network or my account. I have tried 3 diffrent networks in the UK (3, GiffGaff, O2) and all are having the exact same issue, so I highly doubt that it's a problem with the network.
The receipent has also changed networks and phones, still with no luck.
Any Ideas? Anyone else having the same problem? I'm quite certain that it's an issue with the iPhone or iOS

This is happening to me also since I installed iOs6 on my iPhone4. It is most frustrating, embarrassing and potentially damaging to relationships. iOS6 has been nothing but bother for me!!

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