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by Soulsbane 4911 days ago
http://dvd.netflix.com/ is down right now and has been every time I've checked today. "We're Sorry

The Netflix site is temporarily unavailable. Our engineers are working hard to bring the site back up as quickly as possible."

Of course it's not a priority over the streaming portion I'm sure for obvious reasons.

2 comments

It's up for me for at least a little while now, but I think it was down for me all afternoon (Eastern timezone). This supposedly only impacted "some" of the DVD customers. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-31/netflix-says-some-c...
This and their re-hauled (for awhile now) UI to a horrible mess that is almost impenetrable even by seasoned UI/UX developers is most likely due to a shortage of good engineers willing to go down to Los Gatos every day. I told them, one day a week, but big companies like this never learn till they're on the brink of collapse and it's too late. coughBlockbustercough