Messages come through as iMessage then text message a few seconds later?

I have been having this problem off and on ever since I got my iPhone 4s, sometimes when someone with another iPhone messages me, the message comes through as an iMessage then a few seconds later I get the exact same message, but this time it comes through as a text message. What would cause this?

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