Netflix about to make a big mistake.

netflix ^ | September 19, 2012 | -Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO, Netflix

[listenhillary]

my data hose just starts to dribble.

They have medicine for that now.

Sorry...

[WilliamofCarmichael]

I gave up on Netflix before all this happened.

I signed up for Netflix late last year. I watched an entire series of a 20-year-old TV show favorite, a few movies, and several specials from PBS, History.

IOW things went swimmingly. It was well worth it.

Then something changed a few months ago. I could no longer get anything to work. (Firefox and IE) I had often had problems with connections during the peak demand times. That was OK. I'm retired I can watch anytime.

But the new problem made Netflix unavailable anytime with very few exceptions.

When I called tech support the lady led off with recounting recent changes Netflix made (if I recall correctly), then told me to contact my ISP and that I should have known that there would be problems if my DSL is not up to their standards.

I immediately cancelled Netflix and have not regretted it one bit. I do not have a TV and what little I watch anything Hulu is plenty.

[TexasCajun]

Yeah and that New Coke was such a hit.

[netmilsmom]

Netmilsdad hooked a computer tower up to our tv.

[Vigilanteman]

Not just the sticks. We're in suburban Pittsburgh. We have 24/7 Wal-Marts and Steak and Shakes, a Super Bowl quality NFL team and a great AAA baseball team which plays in the National League, 30 odd universities within an hour's drive including one with one of the top IT programs in the country, world class hospitals, a symphony orchestra and nearly everything else you can imagine.

We also have broadband choices which are perfectly adequate for sending large chunks of data around the world and perfectly crappy for watching streaming on demand programs. See my post #78.

[Politicalmom]

Oh, yeah, I’m sure that changing the name will somehow make the remaining Netflix streaming a better value. The streaming catalog is horrible, and the decision to never provide the Roku 1 subtitles was just plain stupid, as well.

[mmichaels1970]

Maybe I’m mixed up but will we still get both?

From what I understand, if you do nothing, your bill will simply go up and you will continue to have access to both. I think the cut off is Sep 30th before people who don't act end up with two billable accounts.

[netmilsmom]

If you send me some Spaghetti O seeds I’ll share my Donut seeds.

[TexasCajun]

Just cancelled the DVD supply portion...going to streaming only for a savings of $16 per month...or a decrease in revenue to them of 60%.

Yep, Same here a few weeks ago.

[InterceptPoint]

they priced themselves right out of the market, too bad.

Who has a better deal for streaming or DVD by mail?

[MarkLevinFan]

How good is AmazonPrime?

[mmichaels1970]

Do you mean the two new separate charges will equal what I currently pay (as in approx. $5.00/month each, totaling $10.00/month) or will the monthly charge of each new account reflect the price hike just announced recently (approx. $10/mo for streaming + $10/mo for DVD, for $20/mo total)?

The answer is (B) 10+10=20

[Krankor]

If you send me some Spaghetti O seeds I’ll share my Donut seeds.

Throw in some ice cream sandwich seeds and you got a deal!

[Adder]

Its only a dead man walking until Netflix decides to stream everything. It dumb as can be that they have the dvds but won’t stream them, new or old.

I am seriously considering dropping the dvd option: the only reason I have not is because the newer releases do not stream and some issues I might like to see are dvd only. [For a recent example,before the Tudors ended you could stream season 1 and 3 but not 2. Now they are all available, but periodically such a case arises.]

I love the streaming part but have yet to understand why ALL their movies are not streamed.

[DesertSapper]

Just canceled our streaming option because the price increase is definitely not justified by increased content. I still enjoy movies so I kept my account at 1 DVD out at a time.

After reading the posts about where Netflix sends its political contributions, I'm going to check into moving back to Blockbuster.

[ctdonath2]

The DVD-by-mail system is dead man walking.

Yes, but the transition from discs to streaming is best done seamless. Insofar as the streaming library is limited, let me get some back-catalog discs; that's why I kept 2-at-a-time for so long even though I often sat on the disc for a month or more: some stuff just isn't on streaming yet. Get me the content by whatever means necessary.

DVD-by-mail is now, indeed, dead man walking. Unable to do both without hassle, I had to cut the cord on one; bye, 20th Century physical media.

[Dacula]

After reading the posts about where Netflix sends its political contributions, I’m going to check into moving back to Blockbuster.

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Be careful. Blockbuster is owned by DISH network and Charlie Ergen (CEO) is a huge Hillary donor.

[NorthStarStateConservative]

“uses illegial mexicans in their warehouses to pack the DVDs into sleeves to mail them out to you.”

I’m a former Netflix employee. I can personally tell you that Netflix uses legal, verified US residents. Netflix’s union would lose their marbles if they hired illegals.

[Melas]

I believe most parts of the U.S are not infrastructured enough to sustain streaming video for the majority of their customers.

I believe the opposite is true. It doesn't take much in he way of bandwidth to stream a movie. The technology is cheaply available to consumers in any population center. Many people subscribe to services that provide them with enough bandwidth to stream even VUDU's super-hi-def content at 10mbs, on every television in the house. Hell, you could stream hi def to two televisions using a 3G (not 4G) phone as bandwidth. Bandwidth is cheap and readily available everywhere but the sticks.

[Marie]

***Yep, and that’s why I’m boycotting grocery stores. I’m now growing my own tuna and SpaghettiOs in my backyard.***

ha ha ha ha!!! (thanks for the giggle!)