‘Netflix down’: Streaming service crashes for thousands across the globe, according to reports
THOUSANDS of Netflix users across the globe have reported the streaming service is down.
The outage appears to have hit around 8pm in the UK with users in many other countries also reporting problems.
Netflix users have been reporting the service has crashed[/caption]Website Down Detector has received thousands of reports that Netflix isn’t working.
The independent outage tracker monitors social mentions around certain topics to detect when services go down across the world.
At the time of writing, over 6500 people were reporting problems, with 4700 of those coming from the UK.
Many users trying to access the platform has met with the error message ‘tvq-st-145’.
Some took to social media to vent their frustration with one woman tweeting: “Now is not the time for Netflix to be down.”
Another added: “Guess it’s not just my Neflix that’s down, FURIOUS!!!!!”
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Around two thirds of users reported problems relating to streaming.
Around quarter of complaints were about the website and a fifth relating to the app.
Earlier this year, Netflix users reported problems in the United States.
Netflix has been approached for comment.
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