Netflix Disappoints Millions During Mike Tyson VS Jake Paul Fight

Not only was the Mike Tyson VS Jake Paul main event a joke, Netflix couldn’t handle the traffic!

Millions of viewers encountered major buffering on Friday night during the biggest fight of the year.  This is the first time Netflix has dipped their toes into a live sporting event of this size.  There’s been rumors that the UFC is eyeing them as a future partner when their contract with ESPN expires but who knows after that fiasco.

I started noticing buffering right before the co-main event within the Netflix app and it got worse as time went on.

I then exited out of the app, went back in and the stream was starting from the beginning of the show.  I clicked the Live button and the buffering icon sat on 25% for five minutes.

IPTV & Sports Streaming Sites to the Rescue

I fired up one of my unverified IPTV services and was pleasantly surprised to find five different streams to choose from!

I tried the first one and it worked pretty well for about 15 minutes and then buffering started.  You could tell it was from the main Netflix stream due to the red progress icon circle in the middle.

I moved onto the second stream and that one worked perfectly fine for the rest of the night.  Again, I want to reiterate the fact that yes I am a Netflix subscriber and was using my IPTV service as a backup.

Surprisingly, all five of the streams within my IPTV provider seemed to be coming from different sources as the first one was still buffering when I checked back a few times but the second one remained flawless.  Crazy how a $9 IPTV provider has enough common sense to ensure no buffering but Netflix doesn’t!  Can you imagine the number of watch parties that came to an abrupt end due to this Netflix buffering?

My son went to a friend’s house as he and his buddies were going to watch the fight together.  When he got home I asked him if the Netflix stream worked for him and he said that it didn’t.  He said that they all gathered around one of his friends who pulled up the fight through a free sports streaming site on his phone.

Teachable Moment

Hopefully, Netflix learned something from this mess and are thankful that there were other “providers” available to save the day.  It will be interesting to see if there is any subscriber fall-out due to this blunder.  One thing that I know for sure is that I won’t be cancelling my IPTV service anytime soon as it serves as a fabulous backup for times like this.

What was your experience?  Tell us in the comments below.