Not a big surprise, considering their business- Netflix has filed as an intervenor in N2006-1, the Postal Rate Commission case where the Postal Service is requesting an advisory opinion on the potential service standard changes that could take place as the USPS proceeds with a realignment of its processing network.

Netflix is one of the few companies whose entire business model is based on first class mail. As they say in their letter of intervention:

Intervenor is an online DVD rental service providing more than 4 million members access to DVD movies. Members select movies to rent at the Netflix website (www.netflix.com) and receive delivery of their movies via First Class Mail. These rented DVDs are then returned to Netflix using First Class Mail. Intervenor’s service could be impacted by the changes described in this proceeding. 

That’s putting it mildly!

Speaking of Netflix, the ‘Hacking Netflix’ blog has a link to an interesting article about the inner workings of a Netflix shipping center in North Carolina.

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