Comments on: Outage Fever: Netflix Streaming Was Down Last Night http://gigaom.com/video/outage-fever-netflix-streaming-was-down-last-night/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Netflix Streaming Sputters Over Weekend http://gigaom.com/video/outage-fever-netflix-streaming-was-down-last-night/#comment-472013 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:43:44 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=24936#comment-472013 [...] of trouble to hit the “Watch Instantly” service. In May, streaming to PCs and Macs konked out for six hours, and in March some customers complained of diminished video quality they believed stemmed from [...]

]]> By: Chris Albrecht http://gigaom.com/video/outage-fever-netflix-streaming-was-down-last-night/#comment-472012 Fri, 15 May 2009 18:15:24 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=24936#comment-472012 Hi Andy,

Thanks for the thoughtful comment. We’ll definitely be following this space and any user issues. People have a very low tolerance for shenanigans with their TV set.

]]> By: Andy Tarczon http://gigaom.com/video/outage-fever-netflix-streaming-was-down-last-night/#comment-472011 Fri, 15 May 2009 14:34:15 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=24936#comment-472011 There is little surprise that consumers have the same expectations of service from open broadband delivery as they do from closed PayTV networks. Perhaps, then, it is refreshing to hear that these types of issues are the exception and not the rule.

Going forward, though, we’ll all be watching the scalability of the Internet to support the skyrocketing demand of video and the frequency of these types of issues.

But the question remains will the explosion of usage equate to an implosion of deliverability?

NAB showed some very promising technologies that will help alleviate the growing bottlenecks (check out companies like Verivue), but availability and quality are just part of the equation. The virtual services (like Netflix) are working to offer expanded choice of content directly to the television set. Once truly high demand content is widely available, that will be when this nascent market enters mainstream and we truly test the limits of our infrastructure.

Chris – thanks for continuing to cover this topic.

Some related opinions fro more exploration:

Quality! Who Cares? Give Me Choice (http://asktdg.com/content/TDGOP070726CDQualityWhoCaresChoice.aspx)

Can Blockbuster Be Saved?
(http://asktdg.com/blogs/tdg-opinions/archive/2009/04/13/can-blockbuster-be-saved.aspx)

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