It all depends on the monthly price

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ncbill Premium join:2007-01-23 Winston Salem, NC	It all depends on the monthly price No one's going to pay $60/month (current cellular data price) for a $399 netbook. $30/month (even over 2 years) would be very attractive, however. Especially if you could also use the netbook as a Wi-Fi access point for your other computers/Tivo/etc.
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Sammer join:2005-12-22 Canonsburg, PA 1 edit	said by ncbill : Especially if you could also use the netbook as a Wi-Fi access point for your other computers/Tivo/etc. I would expect such subsidized notebooks to be locked to the network for the term of the contract so they couldn't be used as a Wi-Fi access point. Even if they're not locked they will have very little expandability, probably USB 2 and maybe ethernet.
Sammer join:2005-12-22 Canonsburg, PA 1 edit	to forum · permalink · · 2008-11-01 14:40:33 ·
joako Premium join:2000-09-07 /dev/null ·AT&T U-Verse	reply to ncbill said by ncbill : No one's going to pay $60/month (current cellular data price) for a $399 netbook. $30/month (even over 2 years) would be very attractive, however. Especially if you could also use the netbook as a Wi-Fi access point for your other computers/Tivo/etc. Why not? That's what the service costs. They could buy the $399 netbook and then pay $60/month w/ a 2-year contract or they can buy the netbook with the internet built in and pay $60/month with a 2-year contract and get it for $100 or maybe even free. If you are going to get both anyways, why not? -- 09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:88:C0
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