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BobGD
Reel Rookie

Netflix Buffering and showing previous fight

Roku sucks . 

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JWS9518
Binge Watcher

Re: Netflix Buffering and showing previous fight

That was primarily a Netflix issue as Netflix didn't appear to have the capacity to handle the influx of viewers for the fight. 

 

It was not a Roku specific issue as all devices, Roku or not, had issues, including my non-Roku devices, including a Sony device and computer, when I tried to stream the fight. 

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BZMurf
Newbie

Re: Netflix Buffering and showing previous fight

  • I didn't have any issues on my Samsung phone with buffering.  My ROKU did have issues.  I wonder if ROKU had an an issue with routing traffic.
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JWS9518
Binge Watcher

Re: Netflix Buffering and showing previous fight

I think it was a combination of factors, the different servers being used around the country and world, how it is routed, the Internet provider, Netflix's capacity and how they handle the bulk of user, how they route it and the device being used and, in some cases how old the technology is being used by Netflix, the Internet provider and the user.   

I can say Charter Spectrum had similar issues when they sold users, like me, Cloud DVR service, but didn't build the capacity and was using old equipment/software for that purpose, resulting in buffering, pixelation and in some cases recordings disappearing.  Thousands of people were complaining at the beginning of the year until Spectrum started upgrading their stuff.  In this case, I think Netflix underestimated a popular live event and the result was what happened.  

I found that viewing the streaming of the fight worked better if I was not trying to watch live but instead watching with a bit of a delay, say 20 minutes behind the live event.

All I can say for sure is I know it wasn't just Roku's having issues as I try different devices to see if it was Roku specific and it wasn't.

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