Netflix was down for lots of people yesterday: Chicago Tribune
If something like this happens again, you can always check Netflix's Twitter feed. They announced there when it went down yesterday. Or you can use Google News and google it. There were plenty of stories, too.
I hope your Netflix is now up and running.......thank you Kay for this bit of news which looks like it may have been the problem.
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