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[chase]

It's really cool to see the worldwide support for democracy in the face of 6GBPS DDoS attacks. That's just ridiculous, damn you terrorists.

A critical network upgrade must be performed to ensure continued operation of Twitter. In coordination with Twitter, our network host had planned this upgrade for tonight. However, our network partners at NTT America recognize the role Twitter is currently playing as an important communication tool in Iran. Tonight's planned maintenance has been rescheduled to tomorrow between 2-3p PST (1:30a in Iran).

Our partners are taking a huge risk not just for Twitter but also the other services they support worldwide—we commend them for being flexible in what is essentially an inflexible situation. We chose NTT America Enterprise Hosting Services early last year specifically because of their impeccable history of reliability and global perspective. Today's decision and actions continue to prove why NTT America is such a powerful partner for Twitter.

Source: http://blog.twitter.com/2009/06/down-time-rescheduled.html

[chase]

Well now, this is interesting! They might have delayed their maintenance because the US GOVERNMENT told them to!

http://mashable.com/2009/06/16/twitter-iran/

[wifey]

what's the connection of twitter with the iranian election?