I wonder if YouTube Live and other similar services could scale up to serve in a time of true crises. Back in 2001 the web's bandwidth limitations were laid bare on 9/11 and that was with static text & pictures. CNN had to go to a "bare bones" text site and even that had trouble.
Things have improved dramatically since then of course but delivering live video to billions of users simultaneously?
Things have improved dramatically since then of course but delivering live video to billions of users simultaneously?