Posted by Sam Rouse on 02/11/06 13:51

In article <3gnru11a0vno39vntbdsijuc6v9jihvtpu@4ax.com>,
Agent_C <Agent-C-hates-spam@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> On 10 Feb 2006 13:19:08 -0800, "HoMoon115" <homoon115@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Advertising the service as "unlimited" is misleading and unethical.
>
> Perhaps, but it's the same old story... It's all about managing a
> shared resource. There's going to be some people who use it
> responsibly and others who hog it. Netflix is just trying to make the
> system fair for everybody without raising prices.
>
> What they really should do is establish different tiers of service and
> price them accordingly. IF I only rent 4 DVD's per month, why should I
> pay the same as someone who rents 10?

They sort of do that, by offering plans ranging from 1-9 out at a time for
different prices. Not getting enough flix? Pay more. Not worth it?
Unsubscribe. It's pretty simple.

All that this crusade is going to accomplish (if anything) is that Netflix will
change their advertising, and/or apply a different monthly limit to each of the
X-out plans. If the latter, those who normally rent within Netflix's profitable
range will lose out on those rare times when they want (and are able) to turn a
bunch of flicks around faster than normal. Either way, the crusaders will have
their parade, and it will make no difference as to whether they find the service
to be worth the monthly fee.

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