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23 April 2006
The Evolution of the NetFlix Envelope -- The key to Netflix's lean operations is its lightweight, versatile mailer. Here's how 7 years of tweaking paid off.
The result of more than five years of experimentation, the NetFlix mailer transports approximately 1.4 million DVDs a day to Netflix's 4.2 million subscribers.
So long as US telecom monopolies remain unable to deliver network bandwidth to regular consumers at reasonable prices, more so with the advent of Bluray and HD-DVD, high-def video-on-demand will be a pricy luxury and Netflix will always have a profitable customer base...
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