By that rational Netflix can never succeed. After all, 3hrs is practically instantaneous compared to the joys of the plain old postal service.
I suspect resistance by the MPAA is likely to be a far bigger hinderance to online movie distribution than any problems with the underlying infrastructure.
It's far from canonical, but Frank Millar is reported to have once said that Metropolis is New York by day, and Gotham is New York by night.
By that rational Netflix can never succeed. After all, 3hrs is practically instantaneous compared to the joys of the plain old postal service. I suspect resistance by the MPAA is likely to be a far bigger hinderance to online movie distribution than any problems with the underlying infrastructure.