service-subsidized devices already exist - examples include iPod and SONY PS3. And he is right about the mobile phone handset pricing - except that, in Japan, that kind of pricing was recently discouraged. We already see 1 cent or free netbooks that come with multi-year ISP contract at least in Japan. We also see, in the US, DSL modems given away with multi-year service contracts.
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