Netflix said last night that it will offer a 3 percent credit to those who were affected by its Tuesday streaming outage.
The company will offer a 3 percent credit on its $7.99 per month streaming-only plan, so it only works out to about $0.23. It's unlikely that all of Netflix's 20 million customers were affected and will take advantage of the refund, but if they do, that adds up to about $4.6 million.
The offer is good for the next seven days, and Netflix will be sending out an e-mail with instructions on how to apply the credit to your next bill.
"We are sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused," Netflix said in the e-mail.
On Tuesday night, users reported problems with the Netflix Web site and service. AlertSite, a site monitoring service, said the problem lasted at least an hour and 40 minutes. Netflix later blamed the issues on a "rare technical issue," but did not elaborate.
Netflix has issued several credits for service disruptions over the years - 5 percent and 15 percent for two, separate Web site outages in 2008, and a 3 percent credit for a November streaming problem.
The downtime, meanwhile, comes days after Netflix inked a deal for its first original TV show. Starting in 2012, Netflix will be the first to distribute "House of Cards," a political drama from David Fincher, the Oscar-nominated director of "The Social Network."