@BiasedGirl @GayPatriot nailed me here in Raleigh. How widespread is it?
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) August 27, 2014
@bob_owens Apparently it was a good part of the Country.
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) August 27, 2014
Millions of people in many areas of the country who get online via Time Warner Cable experienced an Internet outage this morning:
Updated: Time Warner cable outage map http://t.co/czd78mXlPG pic.twitter.com/7E12k6M2yT
— Mashable (@mashable) August 27, 2014
No Internet =?. @twc_help is …busy. MT @nycjim: what the @TWC broadband outage looks like. http://t.co/FnAellLsJJ pic.twitter.com/bZXz5vRbdy
— Alex Howard (@digiphile) August 27, 2014
Amidst the Comast-TWC merger debate, 12 million US households lose Internet as Time Warner Cable suffers outage today http://t.co/0uuSf41xiv
— scotaft (@scotaft) August 27, 2014
Service has reportedly been mostly restored:
Just in: Time Warner Cable says service largely restored after "an issue with our Internet backbone" during routine network maintenance
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) August 27, 2014
Time Warner Cable says internet service is 'largely restored' after massive outage – @qz http://t.co/QZrkYWwegc
— Breaking News Tech (@breakingbytes) August 27, 2014
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However, many were left frustrated:
https://twitter.com/AndyRuther/status/504583072860217344
https://twitter.com/mikeout/status/504583096516493312
Oh good, another internet outage. Paying for premium quality shit. Thanks #timewarnercable
— K*Swan (@Kitty2Karen) August 27, 2014
Wondering why my internet wasn't working this morning and @TWC has a national outage. @google bring your internet to Charlotte please!!!
— Rey Bravo (@Rey_Bravo) August 27, 2014
https://twitter.com/MauriceLadon/status/504582414643900417
On the bright side:
When everyone complains online about a nationwide Internet outage…. Well, all of your social media sites seem to be working just fine.
— Katie Anderson (@katetheskate91) August 27, 2014
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