[outages] Netflix Issues

[Richey Goldberg]

This reminds me of why I do not miss working for providers who offer residential service. 


-richey 
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> On Nov 16, 2024, at 12:49 AM, Jon Lewis via Outages <outages at outages.org> wrote:
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> On Fri, 15 Nov 2024, Doug Roberts via Outages wrote:
> 
>> ISPs all over the country are getting flooded with tech-support calls from customers claiming their Internet is slow or down. It’s actually a
>> Netflix issue which seems to be caused by millions of people trying to watch the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight.
> 
> I experienced this.  It seems Netflix wasn't up to the task of live streaming the fight.  While the live stream was stuttering or failing entirely to load, other Netflix programming seemed to work just fine.
> 
> On the bright side, if you couldn't get the live stream to work, and only wanted to watch the main event, you missed nothing.
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