Netflix Website Back Online after 11 Hour Outage
The Netflix website was unavailable for approximately 11 hours today, starting around 7am PT.
CNet discovered that Netflix changed the "Temporarily Unavailable" notice at some point during the day to remove the assurance, "distribution centers are still sending and receiving DVDs."
The Associated Press reported "Swasey says DVDs that normally would have been mailed Monday may not go out until Tuesday because the problem also has hobbled some Netflix distribution centers."
Did your Netflix movies ship today?
Both of my discs which should have shipped today will ship tomorrow instead.
Posted by: Andyjunction | March 24, 2008 at 10:43 PM
No. All four will ship tomorrow instead.
Posted by: Dr. Quasius | March 24, 2008 at 10:48 PM
No. All four will ship tomorrow instead.
Posted by: Dr. Quasius | March 24, 2008 at 10:48 PM
I have no discs due to ship, but all my stars are gone. It doesn't show any stars, rated or unrated for any movie.
Posted by: | March 24, 2008 at 10:49 PM
No. All fhree will ship tomorrow instead.
Posted by: john Duncan | March 24, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Mine are shipping tomorrow. Friends page currently unavailable, also all star ratings & ability to rate not currently up.
(I'm not whining, just giving an update.)
Posted by: hiraeth | March 24, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Mine is shipping tomorrow as well. Looks like this was much more significant than a "website" downtime.
Posted by: brent | March 24, 2008 at 11:09 PM
Same here, no discs were shipped today.
Posted by: CDan | March 24, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Mine are shipping on Tuesday, also I don't know if it's just me, but I there are no stars by the titles to allow me to rate movies.
Posted by: Dean | March 24, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Shipping tomorrow and no emails from NF that returned disks were received.
Posted by: Laddy | March 24, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Both of my discs which should have shipped today will ship tomorrow instead.
Called and CS rep said all members will be receiving a 5% credit. Big Deal!
Posted by: pissedoffnetflixcustomer | March 24, 2008 at 11:20 PM
The movie in my queue that was supposed to ship today is instead not shipping until tomorrow. I'm slightly annoyed, but I'll live.
Posted by: Amy | March 24, 2008 at 11:36 PM
1 out of 3 discs were received, when it should have been more. All 3 will ship tomorrow instead of today. Oh well, stuff happens right?
Posted by: Travis | March 24, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Actually, a 5% credit IS a big deal. They refunded you 1/20th of your purchase price for a decrease in service of 1/31st.
Netflix is pro-consumer again you whiners.
Posted by: Sirkickyass | March 24, 2008 at 11:41 PM
No ratings yet. That's ok. These things have to come back in stages- make sure the accounts are up and then turn on the complex features like Ratings and Friends. These guys really need a redundancy system. Serious problem.
Posted by: Stefan | March 24, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Of the two disks that were to ship today, one shipped and the other will ship tomorrow.
The one that shipped today is I Am Legend. We saw it in the theater in South Carolina in January but missed the first 10 minutes. Now (tomorrow) I can see how it started!
Posted by: profpudwick | March 24, 2008 at 11:50 PM
A couple hours ago the site said all 3 of mine were shipping today, as they should have. The site now says one shipped today, the other two will ship tomorrow.
Posted by: CyclingInvestor | March 24, 2008 at 11:51 PM
Yes, my 2 discs were received today and 2 discs shipped today.
Posted by: Steven | March 25, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Incidentally, it appears that "Watch Now" is currently not functioning even though the website is currently up.
Posted by: Sirkickyass | March 25, 2008 at 12:09 AM
My return disc was received today but the next one is showing as shipping Tuesday. I don't have a problem with it, I have plenty of things to do other than watch movies :)
Posted by: illyria | March 25, 2008 at 12:18 AM
Expected them to ship one of mine today. Instead the site says it will be shipping tomorrow.
Posted by: NowWhat | March 25, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Nope, all three shipping tomorrow.
Posted by: Andrew Wickliffe | March 25, 2008 at 12:43 AM
Well, I wasn't home when this happened so didn't know about it until reading the news on Google. Went to check my queue. The two movies I was supposed to get today:
-The Mist has a short wait
-Wristcutters: A Love Story ships Tuesday
Dammit. Maybe I'll just go rent The Mist at Blockbuster if I don't get it tomorrow. This is bullshit.
Posted by: Plus | March 25, 2008 at 12:43 AM
Mine shipped today... Probably because I mailed it on Saturday and it was processed before the 7 AM outage.
Posted by: Alan Smithee | March 25, 2008 at 12:53 AM
This really annoyed me because I wasn't able to edit my queue Monday to remove two movies that I didn't want. Sure enough, Netflix has scheduled those to ship Tuesday. They need a zero down-time system, like any other decent company has. It is absurd that their website shuts down for even a minute. There are many ways they could set up a redundant system. I can't believe a big company like Netflix has so little technical savvy. Amazon and Google haven't been down 11 seconds, that I recall, let alone hours. Please get sorted, Netflix.
Posted by: bagman | March 25, 2008 at 12:54 AM