iMessage and Apple Service Status site

I often wonder that too.

I don't think you were passing blame on Apple, sounds to me like you were going thru common sense troubleshooting. In my opinion, that's exactly the first thing I would check is the system status.

But then again if the light turned off in your room do you check the light switch first or immediately go gunning for the breaker box?

Cabby said:

I figured it out, who knew there was a setting to turn IMessage off. Not sure why you would ever want to do that, but my 2 yr old thought it was a good idea. I'm just another dummy blaming the provider for my own issue.

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iMessages use data. For data conscious people who can't afford to go over data limits or pay for the actual plan, it is so they can avoid data usage.