Olympics-Please, do not tweet unless you have to, fans told

[ronjor]

By Avril Ormsby

LONDON, July 29 | Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:42am EDT

(Reuters) - Sports fans attending the London Olympics were told by Olympic bosses on Sunday to avoid sending non-urgent text messages and tweets during events because an overloaded network was affecting television coverage.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8IT1RA20120729

[Cudni]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18734269
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Internet will not be overloaded during Olympics says government..."

Situation is fluid

[ronjor]

They need to have a meeting.

[Noob]

Overload due to tweeting?
LOL, is that even possible xD

[ronjor]

It's possible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless

[siljaline]

IOC asks Olympics attendees to 'take it easy' with tweets after GPS data from cyclists is hindered.

An International Olympics Committee spokesperson blamed spectators using Twitter at the London Olympics for a network overload that prevented GPS data from cyclists from reaching commentators, Reuters reports. The GPS transmitters on the bikes in the competition record location data and send it over data networks like O2, but due to the network issue, television commentators had to resort to their own timings. As Reuters reports, the IOC spokesperson said it would "certainly never prevent people" from tweeting, but "if it's not an urgent, urgent one, please kind of take it easy." The spokesperson says "it's a network issue, and it is that which we are working on."

Common Twitter Hashtags for the Olympics would be #Olympics | #London2012

[gerardwil]

Thanks for the update Siljaline

[siljaline]

From a security standpoint, there is nothing else to report at this time.

Originally Posted by gerardwil

Thanks for the update Siljaline