Here's why nearly 3 million Americans still get Netflix DVDs by email

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The Netflix red envelopes that began arriving at their customers in 1998 are still delivered to nearly 2.7 million subscribers in the United States in 2019.

So why is it exactly?

There are a number of reasons, the first of which is that some Americans still live in areas where bandwidth is insufficient to effectively broadcast Netflix. In fact, according to the FCC, about 24 million Americans live in areas that do not have enough bandwidth to stream Netflix streaming.

Dana Palmateer, who lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota, is one of those victims. "Streaming movies were banned, so I just played Netflix's disk service," she said. CNN. "As we all do in these regions."

But customers in stellar broadband areas also subscribe to Netflix's disk service for another reason: selection.

While many new titles are not available online streaming, Netflix usually offers most new movies right out. In addition, the list of old discs in the service is much greater than that available for streaming.

According to the figures, about 6,000 movies and TV series are available online, compared to about 100,000 on DVD.

"The attraction for me is the choice," said Rick Byrne, a Netflix DVD subscriber. "The DVD service offers more choices than streaming."

Read the full story at CNN