Twitter's down for the count. What are we going to do about it?

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What’s wrong with this picture?

There’s not a single provider for telephony (AT&T, T-Mobile, etc.)
There’s not a single provider for text messaging (AT&T, T-Mobile, etc.)
There’s not a single provider for instant messaging (GTalk, MSN, AIM, etc.)
There’s not a single provider for e-mail (GMail, Hotmail, Yahoo!, etc.)
There’s not a single provider for blogging (Blogger, WordPress, etc.)
There’s not a single provider for “mini” blogging (Tumblr, Posterous, etc.)
There IS a single provider for micro blogging (Twitter)
And it’s down for the count (everything from the main site to the API is inaccessible)
And it’s been down for an Internet eternity (the best part of an hour and counting)

What are we going to do about it?

Twitter’s down for the count. What are we going to do about it?