every few years a new must have service appears in the marketplace that is not a one time purchase but a reoccurring price. before one leaves their home, the bills come in for all these services. for example:
$ 9.95/month napster music
$24.99/month sirius satellite radio
$24.99/month brinks home security monitoring
$12.95/month TiVo
$39.99/month mobile phone service
$16.95/month OnStar in-vehicle system
so these basic services will set you back around $130 a month, and that still does not include other utilities (gas, electric, water, and phone), automobile services, magazines and newspapers, and cable/satellite television. will 2006 finally bring in the monthly computer rental, where over a large broadband pipe, you get to use a computer with many applications, but administer nothing?