The web was still pretty grown up in 2001 - admittedly no facebook or twitter; the idea of immediate spread of information through non-traditional routes was no

The web was still pretty grown up in 2001 - admittedly no facebook or twitter; the idea of immediate spread of information through non-traditional routes was not widespread. I checked cnn and bbc news for information (both of which went down several times that day I might add) But I really doubt twitter would stay up if a 9/11-scale event happened today. Even facebook I'm not sure about. If the CNN site couldn't handle the traffic I can only imagine what that spike looked like. "It wasn't possible to broadcast to all of your friends in a matter of seconds if you were okay in 2001." well, there was - cell phones and SMS. Those networks went down too (source: http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0153.htm http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0153.htm )