Posted by wunnuy on 02/24/06 16:06

none wrote:
> They definitely throttle. You don't get an accurate picture of their
> service the first two months. The throttling really kicked in on the 3rd
> month and has continued getting slower in the 4th. I'm wondering how slow
> they will get. The overall average was 3.5 per week the first two months.
> Now the total average is down to 3 per week because I only got 2 per week
> this month. I think they are just testing people to see how much they can
> throttle before people cancel. It's a stupid management plan but corporate
> bean counters are loco greed. They waste all that money on advertising to
> get customers and then throttle the customers till they leave. I'd prefer
> a contract guarantee to how many I get and some predictability on when I
> get the movies. These delay games are silly. It's stupid to pay a fixed
> price for a variable service. I probably stay a few more months just to
> see what happens. I doubt I'll be a long term customer.

I think your post is the perfect example of what's going on and someone
at Netflix should read it because I think it's the beginning of the end
for Netflix. They're only going to be able to get away with this for so
long before A. They lose a large portion of their customer base and B.
Another major company starts up whose first big ad campaign is "We
Don't Throttle!" which will take away most of the Netflix customers.
Netflix only saving grace at the moment is that BB is actually a worse
run company.

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