Most cell phones have only capacity for storing a limited number of messages. Once they are full the phone tells the network "memory full" and the network (SMSC) will stop sending the SMS for a while. So this attack may work for a short while but then the phone's memory will quickly become full and no messages will be sent and the rest of the networks SMS and voice calls will work again. The subscribers targeted will not be able to recieve any more messages but apart from that there will be no other problems.
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Most cell phones have only capacity for storing a limited number of messages. Once they are full the phone tells the network "memory full" and the network (SMSC) will stop sending the SMS for a while. So this attack may work for a short while but then the phone's memory will quickly become full and no messages will be sent and the rest of the networks SMS and voice calls will work again. The subscribers targeted will not be able to recieve any more messages but apart from that there will be no other problems.