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It would be interesting if someone were to keep a list of any/all known Internet shutdowns/outages, the exact time it started, the exact time it lasted for, the
by peter_d_sherman 6y ago
It would be interesting if someone were to keep a list of any/all known Internet shutdowns/outages, the exact time it started, the exact time it lasted for, the country and area or areas affected, what specifically was shut-off (was it the whole Internet -- or only certain services like video/audio/text chat?)
You see, for any Internet entrepreneur or future Internet entrepreneur out there -- THAT IS YOUR FUTURE CUSTOMER LIST.
Perhaps not here in the U.S. -- but there, in those other countries, under those circumstances, people have seen the "pain point" -- and if someone offers them something, anything, anything better than what they have now -- they will be willing to buy, en masse...
In other words -- if you can offer something better -- you won't have to do much persuading to get customers...
It's the old "Build a better mousetrap -- and the world will beat a path to your door" adage...
Applied to Internet entrepreneurship...
But don't take my word for it; read Joel Spolsky's excellent "Where There's Muck There's Brass" essay:
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2007/12/06/where-theres-muck-theres-brass https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2007/12/06/where-theres-muck-...
- giuliomagnifico 6y ago> It would be interesting if someone were to keep a list of any/all known Internet shutdowns/outages, the exact time it started, the exact time it lasted for, the country and area or areas affected, what specifically was shut-off (was it the whole Internet -- or only certain services like video/audio/text chat?) There is: https://netblocks.org/reports https://netblocks.org/reports
- peter_d_sherman 6y agoExcellent Link! So good in fact, I reposted it as its own HN article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27054651 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27054651 There should be more organizations like that around the world -- like one in each country would be the gold standard -- and they should know about and work with each other... maybe I'll work on something like that in the future...