# Did Irene take out Netflix?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-irene-take-out-netflix/594572>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 30, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-irene-take-out-netflix/594572 "2011-08-30T01:45:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-irene-take-out-netflix/594572/1 "2011-08-30T01:45:33Z")

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We’ve not been able to access Netflix on our tv since Sunday morning.

Is it related to the power outages caused by Irene? or just a local problem?

Anyone else having Netflix trouble?

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-irene-take-out-netflix/594572/2 "2011-08-30T02:07:46Z")

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You should probably mention where you are.

I’m in South Florida, and it’s working fine for me. Of course, we were only slightly affected by Irene.

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**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-irene-take-out-netflix/594572/3 "2011-08-30T02:08:42Z")

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Website was hanging up on me about an hour ago for streaming video.

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**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-irene-take-out-netflix/594572/4 "2011-08-30T02:11:59Z")

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FWIW, last Thursday evening I was on the phone with a friend, we were both trying to look up the availability of something and neither of us could connect (I’m in TX, he’s in CO)…it’s worked fine for me the couple times I’ve tried since then.

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**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-irene-take-out-netflix/594572/5 "2011-08-30T03:40:55Z")

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Been watching it on and off all weekend, here near the Nation’s Capital. No problems. Well, a brief power outage, and my ISP sent me an email asking me to “reset” my modem, which I did. But everything seems the same before and after doing that.

Tris

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-irene-take-out-netflix/594572/6 "2011-08-30T19:17:25Z")

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Our university IT department sent out an update yesterday saying that we have two main connections - one heading out to upstate New York and the other going through Boston. Apparently our NY connection had been broken in several places, so all Internet traffic was being routed through Boston, but the speed had dropped due to congestion, because so many other people were doing the same thing. So yes, it’s possible that it could be an Irene effect.