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Re: Using twitter as an outage notification


From: "Warren Bailey" <wbailey () gci com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:16:47 -0800

Why aren't you all out getting drunk like me?? ;)

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark E. Mallett <mem () mv mv com>
To: Frank Bulk <frnkblk () iname com>
Cc: nanog () merit edu <nanog () merit edu>
Sent: Sat Jul 04 13:12:14 2009
Subject: Re: Using twitter as an outage notification

On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 03:59:48PM -0500, Frank Bulk wrote:
When the local power companies uses twitter, then maybe I'll consider using
twitter for our customers.

During the ice storm we had here last winter, the local power
company did just that.  "psnh" "ice storm" "twitter" etc are all
good search terms.

I haven't been following this thread closely, so I dunno if that had
already been mentioned and your remark was a sardonic one. Nevertheless..

-mm-  (probably due for an annual nanog posting)


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