February 11, 2006
What NetFlix? Throttling with no reacharound?
I cancelled my NetFlix account a year or so ago because it just took them so long to get movies out to me. I have over 500 DVDs which I've purchased over the years and there are some I haven't even seen yet (the ones my wife bought)..so I should be watching those anyway. But watching a movie is kinda like deciding what you want for dinner– you're usually in the mood for something specific.
I'd been catergorized as a "heavy user" at NetFlix, which I didn't know about at the time. I got it when the deliveries started to slow down and more and more DVDs were a "Very long wait." Finally, I just got tired of the bullshit and cancelled it. Little did I know that someone had filed a class-action lawsuit against NetFlix during that same time period which challenged their promise of "unlimited" monthly rentals. Since then, NetFlix has changed their TOS so they can ass-rape you any time they want.
Some guy did a test on 2 NetFlix accounts to see if his theory was correct. These were DVDs going to the same house and ordered at the same time but using 2 different accounts.
http://www.dvd-rent-test.dreamhost.com/
Obviously, it confirms that they "throttle" users who return their movies promptly after watching them.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=netflix+throttling
http://www.geocities.com/netflixthrottle/index.html
Who knows? Maybe the USPS is getting the reacharound?
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4371593,00.html
Posted by severdia at February 11, 2006 8:31 AM
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