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Re: OT: Question/Netflix issues?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roger Marquis)
Wed Mar 23 01:05:15 2011
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:05:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1536.1300840820.16627.nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
A probable case of outsourcing core business functionality without a
fully tested plan B...
<http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/cloud-computing/3250260/netflix-switches-to-amazon-web-services-to-save-money/>
<http://blog.reddit.com/2011/03/why-reddit-was-down-for-6-of-last-24.html>
<http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/g66f0/why_reddit_was_down_for_6_of_the_last_24_hours/c1l6ykx>
Roger Marquis
> We?re sorry, the Netflix website and the ability to instantly watch movies
> are both temporarily unavailable.However, our shipping centers are
> continuing to send and receive DVDs so your order is in process as usual.
> Our engineers are working hard to bring the site and ability to watch
> instantly back up as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience and,
> again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you need
> further assistance, please call us at 1-877-445-6064.
