Comments on: What if Twitter had existed on 9/11? http://goelastic.com/theblog/index.php/2009/09/what-if-twitter-had-existed-on-911/ Stretching Boundaries Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: shellEy Rosenbaum Lipman http://goelastic.com/theblog/index.php/2009/09/what-if-twitter-had-existed-on-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3113 shellEy Rosenbaum Lipman Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:02:06 +0000 http://www.goelastic.com/theblog/?p=370#comment-3113 What **WOULD** have happened if we had online media during 9/11? It DID happen! As soon as I found out about the first crash into the WTC, I tried desperately to get onto ANY news site, only to discover that the web had been brought to a screeching halt by everyone trying to do the same thing. Now we have more people getting their news from the web than ever...so until we upgrade the telecom infrastructure, any major news story will once again crash networks. What **WOULD** have happened if we had online media during 9/11? It DID happen! As soon as I found out about the first crash into the WTC, I tried desperately to get onto ANY news site, only to discover that the web had been brought to a screeching halt by everyone trying to do the same thing. Now we have more people getting their news from the web than ever…so until we upgrade the telecom infrastructure, any major news story will once again crash networks.

]]> By: John Dowdell http://goelastic.com/theblog/index.php/2009/09/what-if-twitter-had-existed-on-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3106 John Dowdell Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:57:45 +0000 http://www.goelastic.com/theblog/?p=370#comment-3106 Good thinking, thanks. But the WWW didn't fare too well on 9/11/01. Most news sites ended up ditching their graphics and chrome, running just bare text, to keep up with the demand. Today, with so many people relying on their internet pipe for television, we'd likely get blinded by the sudden spike in traffic. Over-the-air broadcast is still valuable, as are cable networks, cellular tower networks. If 9/11 had hit today, the social networks would likely not have helped us as much as radio or TV. Good thinking, thanks.

But the WWW didn’t fare too well on 9/11/01. Most news sites ended up ditching their graphics and chrome, running just bare text, to keep up with the demand.

Today, with so many people relying on their internet pipe for television, we’d likely get blinded by the sudden spike in traffic.

Over-the-air broadcast is still valuable, as are cable networks, cellular tower networks. If 9/11 had hit today, the social networks would likely not have helped us as much as radio or TV.

]]> By: The Chad http://goelastic.com/theblog/index.php/2009/09/what-if-twitter-had-existed-on-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3101 The Chad Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:40:23 +0000 http://www.goelastic.com/theblog/?p=370#comment-3101 How about in-flight wifi? passengers tweeting to the ground, or vice versa, could have led to more 'let's roll' type actions. How about in-flight wifi? passengers tweeting to the ground, or vice versa, could have led to more ‘let’s roll’ type actions.

]]> By: SJB http://goelastic.com/theblog/index.php/2009/09/what-if-twitter-had-existed-on-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3099 SJB Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:17:47 +0000 http://www.goelastic.com/theblog/?p=370#comment-3099 Excellent. But Twitter, FB and other SM channels aren't the only ones who need to beef up their capacity. Cell phone networks crashed on 9/11--and not just in the cities affected. All that wireless technology available today is only as good as the network connected to the nearest tower. Excellent. But Twitter, FB and other SM channels aren’t the only ones who need to beef up their capacity. Cell phone networks crashed on 9/11–and not just in the cities affected. All that wireless technology available today is only as good as the network connected to the nearest tower.

]]> By: dustin http://goelastic.com/theblog/index.php/2009/09/what-if-twitter-had-existed-on-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3096 dustin Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:23:31 +0000 http://www.goelastic.com/theblog/?p=370#comment-3096 Great read. You should do something similar for the Holocaust. Great read. You should do something similar for the Holocaust.

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