Netflix says offline viewing 'is never going to happen'<article>
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Don't get your hopes up for watching Netflix on an airplane anytime soon.</p><p>
Speaking to
TechRadar, Netflix spokesman Cliff Edwards made clear that the streaming video service will never allow offline viewing. “It's never going to happen,” he said.</p><p>
Edwards said offline viewing was just a “short term fix for a bigger problem” of faster, more widespread Wi-Fi access. He expects that in five years, most people won't even care about offline downloads.</p><p>
It's a lovely sentiment, but it also seems like wishful thinking. Currently, most in-flight Wi-Fi on U.S. airlines is too slow for streaming video and doesn't work on transatlantic flights. While some airlines are starting to switch to faster satellite connections that work over water, it's unclear whether these connections will be the norm by the end of the decade, or how they'll even hold up if every passenger starts using them to stream Netflix.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2860360/netflix-says-offline-viewing-is-never-going-to-happen.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Netflix says offline viewing 'is never going to happen'
