Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson

I watched the event last night and didn't get any buffering issues, but I did notice frequent drop in video quality when watching the live feed. If I backed the video up a bit, the video quality suddenly went back up to 4k.

I had some technical experience with live video streaming over 15 years ago. It was a nightmare back then. I guess live video is still difficult in 2024. But congrats to Jake Paul and boxing fans. It was a great event. And breaking the internet just adds more hype for the next one.

I wonder how localized the issues were. I watched the Taylor/Seranno fight and the Paul/Tyson without issue and the picture quality was the best in every seen for live sports. Was blown away by how good it was. No where near what I’m getting with steaming NFL. This is what I want the future of live sports to look like. Though the commentary was so so.

I’m in the Pacific Northwest. I wonder if we got lucky on this or just some areas got unlucky.