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.
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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.