This is not an accurate estimation because not all of the old customers were on the same $10/month plan, and not all of the 24 million (forecasted) customers ar

This is not an accurate estimation because not all of the old customers were on the same $10/month plan, and not all of the 24 million (forecasted) customers are on the $16/month plan. Netflix's own document lays out the forecast pretty well: http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/NFLX/1403529688x0x500395/7c72e777-75c5-4f7f-9640-5b06f8cc54e4/Guidance_Update_Sept_2011_final.pdf http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/NFLX/1403529688x0x500... (see Venn diagram). Too bad the CNN article doesn't delve into these details.