NETFLIX IT'S DOWN: STREAMING SITE & APP NOT WORKING & USERS UNABLE WATCHING TV SHOWS OR FILMS DURING CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN
Netflix has stopped working, leaving users unable to induce on the location .
The website simply refused to load when users navigated to the web. Problems were also reported by those using the app, though some who were unable to access the web site claimed that they had done so through other platforms like the version of netflix on phones or smart TVs.
The outage comes as workers round the world are in their houses as a part of physical distancing in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Tracking website Down Detector showed problems across the globe, though they were largely focused in Europe. The outage came at around 6pm on the continent, likely meaning that a lot of people had just finished work and were attempting to access the web site .
Netflix's status page, which usually indicates whether the corporate is conscious of its site being down, doesn't include a message indicating whether it's online or not. Instead, it's a message indicating that the coronavirus outbreak means it might be slow to reply .
"Due to the COVID-19 crisis thousands of our customer support agents are now having to work from home, making it harder to support your calls," it says. "So we are seeing above normal wait times.
It indicates that the website is not any longer running phone help, offering only live chat and online support. "We’re really sorry the inconvenience and thanks for your patience," the message reads.
The Netflix customer service Twitter account skilled some users being hit by issues, but didn't indicate whether there was a widespread outage or if any fix was on its way.
Netflix is one among a variety of streaming services that has announced it might reduce the standard of its streams in an effort to affect additional load caused by people working and studying from home during the coronavirus outbreak. It said it might drop video quality in Europe during a way that might reduce bandwidth usage by 25 percent.