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no streamingVIRGIN MEDIA HAS said it’s looking into fixing a situation where some of its customers are experiencing slow speeds for Netflix or unable to access it at all.
The issue saw some users unable to load up shows and films in anything other than standard definition instead of high definition.
The problem appeared to have started last week with customers bringing up the issue on boards.ie. Many reported shows being broadcast in 480p instead of 4k despite having 240Mb connections.
When some used a VPN (Virtual Private Network, used as a way to access content from other countries), they found the speeds increased. Using other services with the same connection did not see a drop in speed.
A spokesperson for Virgin Media said it was checking “what appears to be an intermittent fault with accessing Netflix being experienced by a handful of customers”.
“We’re working through a resolution in each customer case and are confident this will be resolved very shortly”, they said.
Virgin Media was originally UPC before it was rebranded back in October where alongside its broadband and TV packages, it announced it would be entering the Irish mobile market.
In the global speeds report compiled by Netflix, Magnet was the fastest with 3.42Mbps followed by eir (3.15Mbps) and BT Ireland (3.15Mbps). Virgin Media fell two places to fourth with 3.08Mbps.
Netflix recently announced it would be clamping down on proxies and unblockers as it’s now available in almost every country in the world. It said its goal was to ensure that content was consistent across all countries which its CEO Reed Hastings believes will be the case “over the next five to ten years”.
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I think the old people that were gathered up from hospitals en masse and shoved into under resourced nursing homes to die alone, at the behest of NPHET, deserve an inquest, never mind an inquiry. This government seems to have forgotten about them. The actions of those who made this disastrous decision, potentially amount to criminal malfeasance IMO. Unfortunately, this all looks like a back patting exercise. More akin to a PR stunt than a proper analysis. I suppose this government aren’t going to start caring about our elderly citizens all of a sudden so no surprise to see the whitewash unfold
Correcting their own homework
Another Waste of Public Money. ” Lessons will be Learned ” will be the Tagline after all that.
No wonder everything takes forever in Ireland . What with inquiries , Scoping Enquiries , reports , task forces , focus groups , commissions , study groups , tribunals .
‘we could be facing future pandemics in the future’ … well, we won’t be facing them in the past, Simon.
Is it five years coming? Of course, no need to be in any hurry? It seems Government doesn’t care except when a General Election is in the offing.
Is this realy necessary. Or just a waste of taxpayers money
Maybe they just want a pat on the back for being so great
Let’s hope whoever is appointed is safe and effective.
have the warehoused taxes been repaid yet?
@Niall English: they bloody well should be
I can’t wait
‘Building health system resilience through policy development in response to COVID-19 in Ireland: From shock to reform’. Burke, Sara et al. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, Volume 9, 100223
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