Snail Mail Still Winning The Bandwidth War

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday September 23, 2002 @08:18AM from the first-mover-advantage dept.

LR_none writes "Today's New York Times has this short piece suggesting snail mail is the leading broadband technology, at least for video movies on demand. The article states that the 8 to 9 gigs of data on a DVD would take two weeks to download at 56kb, making Netflix' three-day distribution by mail seem speedy. (Since they can send three or more movies at once, Netflix compares favorably with DSL download speeds, too.) The author estimates Netflix alone distributes 1,500 terabytes a day, which is impressive considering the Internet carries 2,000TB a day (by estimates cited in the article). The 'immediate gratification' aspect of Internet consumerism has given a huge boost to companies like FedEx and UPS, but it's surprising to think of the post office as being the leading infrastructure provider for digital entertainment, in terms of market share and efficiency, for the forseeable future. (Disclaimer: I don't work for Netflix or the post office.)"

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Re:What is the saying... by TFloore · 2002-09-23 09:27 · Score: 1, Troll

/me looks at moderation done to parent post

Moderation Totals: Redundant=1

Repeating a saying that was old 10 years ago (and admitting it)...

Umm... giving that a moderation of "Redundant" is kind of redundant itself, isn't it? :)

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NetFlix Uses Pop-unders by peterdaly · 2002-09-23 09:36 · Score: 1, Troll

I would like to use Net-Flix, but refuse to based on their use of Pop-Under ads. I get them all the time on my windows machine running IE.

I know this is semi off-topic, but I think it is important.

I refuse to buy anything from most pop-under advertisers, I suggest you do to.

-Pete

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