Why Microsoft Should Fear Bandwidth

Mike writes "Microsoft should fear increasing bandwidth to the consumer more than any other single factor as a threat to their monopoly. The average user has no desire to be the sysadmin of their machine(s), and telcos and cable companies would be glad to take this task from them -- for a nominal fee, of course, as application service providers. The PC as we know it probably only has a decade or so left."

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Telephone Rental

[un1xl0ser]

My grandfather rented one of his phones at his house since it was installed. The fee increased every few years and finaly my mom noticed it at a whopping $5.95/year. She didn't bother removing it, as my grandfather was going to be moved to a retirement home. When we called to get the service connected the tech said that we had to return the equipment. They wanted something like $150.00 for the phone that was installed god-knows-when and was probably paid off in full ten times over. Just though it was kind of amusing.

sig relply, but apropos

[NotQuiteReal]

Parent sig asks Why do ink cartridges [snipurl.com] cost more than a microwave?

The question wrong - it isn't the cost of an ink cartridge vs a microwave oven, it is the retail price.

The answer brings us back on topic, people generally pay what things are worth to them. That means tangible (utility) and intangble (coolness/snob factor) worth.

Software application rental will fly or fail depending on the preceived value buyers receive.

Re:lol!!

[Lennie]

omfg!!!!

Your god has sex ?

He/she is a god ! :-)