I’m at home tonight trying to get work done to get ready for the semester that starts Monday, and the internet is not working well. As I’m being frustrated, I see tweets flow slowly in, including one from my local favorite BBQ joint that their Point of Sale system (POS, which also has other unfortunate meanings) won’t work if the ‘net is down.
We had a bit of a conversation that was eventually picked up on by one of our local news anchors who was crowd sourcing a story about internet and cable being down using Twitter.
Twitter can be a great tool for covering breaking news that affects a lot of people in your community.
UPDATE: Apparently the problem was a cut cable by a contractor. But no word going out on Charter’s Twitter feed about this widespread central Nebraska problem.