![]() The outage today presumably just goes to show that Netflix will have to invest more in its data centers and servers to make sure the streaming option remains available, because users likely won’t stand for these kind of interruptions much longer. Amazon currently only offers about 5,000 titles, compared to Netflix’s 20,000+, so the eCommerce giant is likely very pleased with what transpired today, and may very well be massaging its hands and whispering “eexcellent” a la Mr. Netflix spokesman Steven Swasey said he did not yet have any details on what caused the problem.Īmazon, which has been trying to compete with Netflix in on-demand-video (and launched its instant video streaming service last month but has been forced to watch the big red video service deliver 61 percent of the Web’s total digital video. PST, but has yet to explain the cause of the outage or project a timeline for when the service might be available again. Netflix publicly recognized the outage in its own Twitter post around 4p.m. Subscribers even created a Yahoo Answers thread, so you know it’s bad. Of course, one Twitter user sees a silver lining for the video hub, “Netflix’s current outage and the complaints about in Twitter show how integral it’s become to entertainment for the tech generation”. I had to put my dvd of arrested development in the xbox by hand! BY HAND! what is this 2009?” Naturally, the Web has been a-flutter with Netflix related chatter, with many of its subscribers taking to Twitter to express their frustration, like this Tweet from one Paula Simone: Yes, it seems that Netflix could break the Internet - that is, of course, if the Internet doesn’t break Netflix first. Internet traffic during peak Web-surfing hours. What’s more, the service now boasts over 20 million subscribers and a Sandvine study showed that the service has become the largest source of U.S. Netflix stock price hit an all-time high of $247.55 last month, and today rose 4.2 percent, to $221.88 in late trading. CNBC crazy man Jim Cramer agrees, saying today that he thinks Netflix is worth twice its current price. Ironically, this outage occurred a few hours after Netflix stock was upgraded to “outperform” thanks to some audacious Credit Suisse analyst, “who lifted the stock price target to $280”. Some iPad users received an error message that read, “The requested URL /WiHome was not found on this server”. Those trying to access Netflix mobile were also shut out from using the service. ![]() I subscribe to Netflix Instant, and as you can see from the message above, I was not allowed to watch my “programs” this evening when I wanted to. On top of this, and much to the chagrin of the video-on-demand watching public, Netflix went down for what seemed like a century. For several hours today, ’s back-end was nowhere to be found, causing several TechCrunch writers to consider writing on legal pads and posting on Craigslist. ![]() Web services seem to be dropping like flies. It’s not a great day for the Internet, folks.
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