Netflix - Not bad! Qwikster - uh, never mind...

Netflix is driving me crazy. I've have justified season 3 at the top of my queue since even before it was released but they keep not sending the 1st disc, even though it shows as available. They've passed over it 6 times now.

I had man men queued up, got the first two discs then the third became a 'very long wait' and so logically they sent disc 4. It's been a long wait for like three weeks now.

I swear that in the past when I waited more than a couple days they'd send you one from a different city and apologize profusely. I think their official policy now is "fuck you DVD people".

I want to complain to support, but you have to call them??? As far as I can tell.

I had man men queued up

Take it to the TMI thread. But yeah, they've pretty much stopped giving shit one about DVD users at this point.

http://qz.com/106811/netflixs-shares-are-ludicrously-overvalued-again/

it is deeply, deeply tempting to buy a shit-ton of Netfliz stock
I can't believe it won't go back up
― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Only a wunderkind if he bought shit-tons of the stock.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57611722-93/netflix-youtube-gobble-up-half-of-internet-traffic/

I've been having all kinds of trouble over the last several months streaming netflix. I've seen the quality drop considerably, below SD in many cases, especially during prime hours. All other streaming services are working fine and streaming in HD or near HD quality. Some web searches reveal that this has been a common problem with people who use Comcast. It's driving me crazy and will probably make me either switch ISP's or cancel netflix all together. I don't want to cancel netflix, I use it all the time and stream several hours of TV shows each day. It's my main source of entertainment.

http://forums.comcast.com/t5/Basic-Internet-Connectivity-And/Is-Comcast-blocking-Netflix/td-p/1885277

I have the same issue with Time Warner, I plan to switch to U-verse when I move.

xfinity is the same as comcast, right?

we had the same problem for a while recently too.

it got slightly better when we stopped using our appletv wirelessly and connected it via network cable.

weve been having this problem w/ netflix and w/ hulu. replacing our modem helped a little but not too much

(on time warner cable. considering switching to optimum.)

http://gizmodo.com/report-netflix-agrees-to-pay-comcast-for-access-to-bro-1529115565

As a Time Warner broadband subscriber I've been fretting over the merger with Comcast because I do a huge amount of streaming through Netflix, spotify, etc. and it sounds like Comcast has been pretty bad about throttling bandwidth and putting caps on streaming. Maybe deals like this one with Netflix are a step toward alleviating some of these issues.

Yeah, but in a way that lets Comcast continue throttling bandwidth for companies who won't pay up, or other kinds of traffic like bittorrent that they see as competing with their cable TV business. I'm worried, personally, this seems like a really bad precedent.

^^^

My ISP is a small cable provider who swears they will never throttle bandwidth for anybody at either end of the pipe, but they could change their mind at any instant, or get gobbled up by a bigger cableco at any instant.

Why the FCC won't just declare ISPs subject to common carrier rules is beyond me.

Well no not really it's probably some variety of seamy under-the-table shenanigans but I live in hope that they're just incompetent and wishy-washy instead of actively corrupted by regulatory capture like everything else in this country

hoping with you, not expecting much tho'

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/02/23/comcasts-deal-with-netflix-makes-network-neutrality-obsolete/

Anyone else caught in the great billing system outage?

do tell?

Just noticed they dumped about 12 discs from my queue into the 'saved' list. These weren't things with wait times earlier this week. All of them fairly recent indie/foreign titles too--Red Riding Trilogy (which isn't on instant anymore), White Material, Somewhere...

Lol recent comment on Walking With Monsters: to any mormons like me this show is very inaccurate and not very educational but the animations are excellent and it always adds in a couple fight scenes

it is deeply, deeply tempting to buy a shit-ton of Netfliz stock

I can't believe it won't go back up

― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:09 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

10/25/2011: $77.34/share

4/16/2015: $542.67/share

fucking hell

haha

hot tipz

5/21/2015: $618.59

lol

SELL

still think netflix is gonna have to be bought out (prob by Disney) eventually but I am damn impressed how long they're keeping the "fattening up to be eaten" period going.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/02/netflix-raising-1b-in-debt-to-invest-big-in-content-acquisitions-and-more/

i mean raising your debt to two billion for more content when the only place for your income to grow is international expansion? i have to assume this is a Too Big To Disappear thing

none of this is to deny that jesus fuck i wish i bought netflix in 2011

QUICKSTER

this still kills me

http://i.imgur.com/GEEQnYB.jpg

...and now premiering a Brad Pitt studio movie.

623.93 -9.29 (1.47%)

if i'm reading that correctly, netflix will pay at least 130% of the production budget to distribute this kind of movie, promising an oscar-qualifying theatrical run (and a p&a budget to promote) in exchange (i assume) for circumventing all potential TV income (if not DVD). That's actually realllly good for an indie production company - guaranteed profit, zero risk. Definitely a gamble for netflix though, but why take out billion dollar loans and not spend them.

curious if netflix is going to make a real go at theaters with these movies or if its assumed the theatrical run is in essence a promotional expense

it is deeply, deeply tempting to buy a shit-ton of Netfliz stock

I can't believe it won't go back up

― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:09 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

10/25/2011: $77.34/share

4/16/2015: $542.67/share

7/3/2015: 658.31 +2.86 (0.44%)

7:1 stock split coming soon.

10/25/2011: $77.34/share

4/16/2015: $542.67/share

7/3/2015: 658.31 +2.86 (0.44%)

7:1 stock split coming soon.

...and now $109.86 share (x7 for the 7:1 split)

Stock lost 7.5% on Friday (closed at $103.96), soooooo...

Down to $88.65 yesterday...

and now at $106.22

They're launching five-minute kids' shows specifically for kids at bedtime. Smart idea.

Our routine is "Just one more episode of Wild Kratts and then as much Neil Degrasse Tyson as you can watch until you zonk out." Yeah, maybe not recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, but she can identify the Pleiades and discursively explain the difference between alligators and crocodiles.

They did something similar on New Year's Eve with a fake countdown to get the kids to go to sleep already.

I've been wanting to check out Dinotrux anyway.

BUY BUY BUY

I regret adding the Quikster bit to this thread title.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/expect-netflixs-second-quarter-report-000000881.html