This reminds me of that scene in Silicon Valley
Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
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#32Ota broadcasts are clearer
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#33Weird that an organization like Netflix is having problems with this considering their depth of both experience and pockets. I wonder if they didn't expect the number of people who were interested in finding out what the pay-per-view experience is like without spending any extra money. Still, I suppose we can all be thankful Netflix is getting to cut their live event teeth on "alleged rapist vs convicted rapist" instead of something more important.
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#34I love how I can come to HN to instantly find out if it’s Netflix or my WiFi.
metoo！
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#35This Serrano fight is just an insane display of excellence.
If anyone was waiting for the main card to tune in, I recommend tuning in now.
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#36Why do they want to get into the live business? It doesn't seem to synergize with their infrastructure. Sending the same stream in real time to numerous people just isn't the same task as letting people stream optimized artifacts that are prepositioned at the edge of the network.
Most PPV is what, $50-$70? So subscribing to Netflix for $20 or whatever per month sounds like a bargain for anyone who is interested and not already a customer. Then assume some large percentage doesn’t cancel either because they forgot, or because they started watching a show and then decided to keep paying.
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#38A friend and I, in separate states, found that it wouldn’t stream from TVs, Roku, etc. but would stream from mobile. And for me, using a mobile hotspot to a laptop; though that implies checking IP address range instead of just user-agent, so that seems unlikely.
Anyway, I wouldn’t be surprised if they were prioritizing mobile traffic because it’s more forgiving of shitty bitrate.
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#39Is this potentially an aws issue?
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#40Guess they should have livestreamed it on X to be safe!