Samson
Póg Mo Thóin
It works great all fucking day,
Netflix: No buffering problems
Pandora: Play it all day....no problem.
But EVERY NIGHT at about 2100 hr MST I cannot get shit, except for a "No Connectivity Error" and the advice to try to connect later.
I've done some research, and found this form March 2009:
http://blog.netflix.com/2009/03/netflix-trying-for-consistent.html
Congestion Could Affect Some Users, But Not Others, at Some Times, but Not Always
OK so they've known about this for the past 2 years.
I joined the Netflix Forum, but its ridiculously difficult to find anything related to this issue.
WTF? How far away from NYC, Chicago, LA do I need to be to avoid internet congestion?
I CANNOT GET ANY FURTHER!!
Should I attempt to change my ISP?
Netflix: No buffering problems
Pandora: Play it all day....no problem.
But EVERY NIGHT at about 2100 hr MST I cannot get shit, except for a "No Connectivity Error" and the advice to try to connect later.
I've done some research, and found this form March 2009:
http://blog.netflix.com/2009/03/netflix-trying-for-consistent.html
Congestion Could Affect Some Users, But Not Others, at Some Times, but Not Always
Content from Netflix originates on CDN servers that are distributed around the US (just as our DVD shipping centers are) so that the data doesnt have to traverse the Internet backbones to get to our customers, but instead can usually reach its destination via regional and metro networks that have much higher aggregate bandwidth. This means that if there is any congestion and slowdown, it will be different in different regions (by Internet topology, which isnt completely tied to geography). Hence some customers may be affected, while others are not. Also, routing to different ISPs in the same region may be quite different, thus performance may also be quite different, even for neighbors, if they are connected to different ISPs. Moreover, congesting points can rise and fall with ISP configuration changes and other conditions.
OK so they've known about this for the past 2 years.
I joined the Netflix Forum, but its ridiculously difficult to find anything related to this issue.
WTF? How far away from NYC, Chicago, LA do I need to be to avoid internet congestion?
I CANNOT GET ANY FURTHER!!
Should I attempt to change my ISP?