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kevin_thibedeau | on: Three men are facing charges in Toronto SMS Blaster arrests
> hugely overblown

Did they graciously forward emergency calls and text messages to the real phone network?

cucumber3732842 | parent | next
The fact that they didn't get busted in no time at all seems to point strongly in that direction. With the amount invested in this operation that would just be common sense.
dnnddidiej | root | parent
Might as well start a telco at that point.
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echelon | parent
Hopefully nobody in the area was an oncall surgeon, engineer, etc.