Twitter once again proves its worth in Japan earthquake aftermath - Pingdom Royal

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During and after the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan this Friday, local phone networks became overloaded. Not just because of damage to infrastructure, but mainly because the networks simply couldn’t handle the flood of calls and text messages that followed.
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Twitter once again proves its worth in Japan earthquake aftermath - Pingdom Royal
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During and after the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan this Friday, local phone networks became overloaded. Not just because of damage to infrastructure, but mainly because the networks simply couldn’t handle the flood of calls and text messages that followed.
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