Netflix Throttling

Prudence · 02-15-2006, 10:11 AM

Wouldn't it make more sense for them to just announce a monthly limit if that's their intent?

Ghoulish Delight · 02-15-2006, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Prudence

Wouldn't it make more sense for them to just announce a monthly limit if that's their intent?

That takes away their flexibility. They want to be able to be less strict if you're not renting new-releases or other hard-to-get titles. If they set a hard "no more than X per month" limit, they won't be able to adapt to each customer, which is the most efficient way to do it.

I haven't really combed through the agreement in a while. I'm betting that since they lost a settlement already, they've added language in the agreement that says that they will adjust delivery speed as they see fit.

Alex · 02-15-2006, 10:43 AM

As a note of anecdotal irrelevance. Yesterday, at about 4:30p.m. I dropped of Autumn Sonata at the post office (the 24th disc since the beginning of the year). I got an email from Netflix at 3:48 this morning saying that they had received it and another at 9:18 saying my next one was shipping. I expect to have March of the Penguins in tomorrow's mail (about 45 hours after dropping Autumn Sonata into a mailbox).

Like I said, completely irrelevant anecdotal evidence.

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02-15-2006, 10:43 AM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	As a note of anecdotal irrelevance. Yesterday, at about 4:30p.m. I dropped of Autumn Sonata at the post office (the 24th disc since the beginning of the year). I got an email from Netflix at 3:48 this morning saying that they had received it and another at 9:18 saying my next one was shipping. I expect to have March of the Penguins in tomorrow's mail (about 45 hours after dropping Autumn Sonata into a mailbox). Like I said, completely irrelevant anecdotal evidence.
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