Netflix Throttling

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Actually, Netflix has local distribution centers around the country. For instance, our return enevelopes are addressed to "Nearest Netflix Shipping Facility" in Santa Ana.

Yeah, I should have looked that up. There are actually 37 according to the Netflix site. That's actually pretty impressive considering there really isn't any cost savings for Netflixt to do this (from a postage/shipping perspective).

One item to note: while Netflix advertises a one-business day delivery, that is from when they ship to arrival into your home. However, I am presuming that they do not ship until they get the previous one back. While I am sure that they have worked with the local Post Offices to expedite returns as best they can, return mail can take a day or two. Add another day for Netflix internal processing, and the turn-around time can add up.

When we tried Netflix a few years ago, they allowed you to log in to tell them you have shipped a disk back; they wouldn't wait to actually receive the disk before sending your next selection. I'm guessing that they don't do that any more.