Posted by Beavis on 07/17/06 11:51

In article <1153106659.411745.105760@35g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
saylo1234@yahoo.com wrote:

> Do you guys use Netflix? And if you do, are you experiencing
> deliberate delays in receiving your films?

Yes, absolutely I did. That's the main reason I canceled; I was
otherwise happy with the service. But they were outright /lying/ about
when my discs were "arriving," they'd say "shopping today" for two days
straight, and so on.

Search for "netflix throttling" and you'll find a wealth of material on
the subject.

> My sister in law told me that Netflix deliberately slow you down
> if you watch too many films. Is this true?

Yes.

> And why do they care how
> many films I watch? Do they have to pay a royalty each time a film is
> rented?

They have to pay *postage* each time a film is rented, which I
understand costs them a little under a dollar for a round-trip. So if
you rent 25 movies for your $20, they flag you as an unprofitable user,
and slow your movie shipments down.

I understand they need to be profitable, but they advertised
"unlimited." If they aren't going to deliver that, they should
advertise what they *will* deliver. If they claimed "up to 18 movies a
month for $20" and don't screw with the new release priority, I'd gladly
sign up again. But they're still claiming unlimited, which I know is an
outright lie.

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