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

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492 points storf45 | 1 comments | 16 Nov 24 03:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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softwaredoug ◴[16 Nov 24 17:53 UTC] No.42157774[source]▶
The way to deal with this is to constantly do live events, and actually build organizational muscle. Not these massive one off events in an area the tech team has no experience in.
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geor9e ◴[16 Nov 24 20:07 UTC] No.42158854[source]▶
They've been doing live events since 2023. But it's hard to be prepared for something that's never been done by anyone before — a superbowl scale event, entirely viewed over the internet. The superbowl gets to offload to cable and over the air. Interestingly, I didn't have any problems with my stream. So it sounds like the bandwidth problems might be localized, perhaps by data center or ISP.
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1. elcritch ◴[17 Nov 24 02:15 UTC] No.42161436[source]▶
I suspect a lot of it could be related to ISP bandwidth. I streamed it on my phone without issue. Another friend put their TV on their phone’s WiFi which also worked. Could be partly that phone hotspots lower video bandwidth by default.

I suspect it’s a bit of both Netflix issues and ISPs over subscribing bandwidth.