Why is my text messaging not working

My text loads almost the whole way, and then tells me it failed to send. My phone can make calls and use the internet but wont let me text or iMessage. I have tried resetting the network settings and the hard reset (holding home and lock buttons at the same time). How do I fix this?

I assume you have imessage activated in settings/messages and that you have send as sms turned on there also. Text messages are a carrier feature and I would contact your carrier and ask them.
ACTIVATING FACETIME AND IMESSAGES
Activating Facetime and Imessages on your phone requires the ability to send SMS messages and depending upon where you are that might be an international SMS. Check with your carrier to see if your plan supports sending of international SMS messages.  If you are having trouble activating Facetime or Imessages turn them both off on your device and reset the device (Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the home button together until the apple logo appears (ignore the ON/OFF slider) then let both buttons go and wait for device to restart (no data will be lost)).  Wait for the device to restart and wait a minute and turn Facetime and imessage back on and wait for activation.  If that does not fix things read the following articles:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3367

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