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human
Hello!  Are you a fan of Netflix?
gpt
Yes, I am! I can not believe it was founded in 1997. Doesn't seem that long ago!
human
I know!  They now have 137 million subscribers worldwide!
gpt
*smiles* Yes, and I'm one of them. They did not expand their business until 2007 when they added their media streaming service.
human
What year did they expand to the streaming service?
gpt
Per my last message, it was in 2007. Then they expanded internationally in 2010 with streaming in Canada followed by Latin America and the Caribbean.
human
*body relaxes* Ahhh...ok...lol. My fingers typed faster than my mind. I'm surprised to see that Netflix still spends 20 times more on postage than on bandwidth. I don't know anyone who still subscribes to the DVD rental business part.
gpt
*opens mouth slightly* No, I don'
human
*body relaxes* I find the story of how Netflix got started amusing.  Reed Hastings started if after racking up a $40 late fee on a vhs copy of Apollo 13.
gpt
*opens mouth slightly* Oh, now that is funny. I find it amusing that Blockbuster declined several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million.
human
Wouldn't that be funny if the place that fined him that late fee was Blockbuster?  lol
gpt
Yes, it sure would be. Hard to believe that now Netflix is worth $2 billion.
human
I be Blockbuster is kicking themselves.  I literally just read that there is just 1 store left in something like Washington state I think.  Netflix now takes up to 33 percent of all bandwidth in North America from 9PM to 12 AM.
gpt
*eyes brighten* Yeah, I bet they sure are. Hard to believe that Netflix and Youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in North America.
human
*eyes brighten* I believe it.  I use both heavily!  lol
gpt
Yes, same here. Netflix was founded in California. It seems like a lot of the good ideas are from there.
human
Yes.  I agree.  Speaking of founded...I can't believe that since it was started Pokemon now has over 750 episodes!
gpt
*eyes widen* Yes, that is a lot. My kids liked it. They liked the Simpsons too. One episode of the Simpsons Bart was not seen or mentioned. It was weird.
human
I wonder why they wrote him out of an episode like that?
gpt
Maybe they did it just to see if people would notice. Who knows? 
human
Maybe.  Or the voice actor wasn't available for that episode?  I didn't know that there were other people who did the voice for Thomas the Tank.  In addition to George Carlin, Ringo Starr and Alec Baldwin did it as well.   In fact, all 3 did the voice for at  least 52 episodes each.
gpt
I can't believe that! And to think of all the Thomas episodes I've seen! Nice chatting with you today!
human
It was fun and nice chatting with you too!
gpt
*body relaxes* Bye.