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Netflix's new European expansion will add Germany, France and more
- NicoJuicy 12y agoThey will also expand to Belgium, here is how our monopolist prepared Netflix's coming... It's kinda frustrating So, take this use- case: Telenet is the market leader, they provide telephone, fax, internet and digital TV. All together the cheapest combo is 64 € / month. Since Netflix came to Europe, they added a package called Rex en Rio. Rex is the lite Netflix alternative, it's 15 € / month. (1000 movies, 1000 series, not the latest series), whileRex's big brother (RIO) is 25 € / month (2000 movies, 2000 series and the "latest"). So, having "everything" from them costs 65 + 25 € = 90 € month, that's 123 $. But let's say i buy Netflix and want to stream in HD, that's 2,3 GB / hour, while i have a limit of 100 GB/month (more expensive packages also have a limit of 100 GB/month). That means if i chose Netflix, i can watch <50 hours Netflix per month, for having broadband, i have to pay Telenet 0,5 / GB.. So watching a 3 hour movie (Lord of the Rings) will cost me an additional 1,5 € that i have to pay my ISP for 1 movie through a third-party.. :-(