Netflix is down for many people right now

Over the last hour or so, people worldwide have reported trouble connecting to Netflix and a strange “tvq-pb-101” error message as the app says it’s checking network connection but fails. Given the service’s global availability and massive subscriber base, small outages are common, but what we’re seeing on Monday evening is different. Here at The Verge, some of us can stream just fine, while others are getting the same “checking for connection” error message and code other users have complained about.

Netflix hasn’t said anything about a known issue, and its own status page shows a big green checkmark. However, Downdetector shows that reports of an outage started coming in at around 5PM ET, and we’ve seen people discussing their problems...

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