<![CDATA[Om Malik on Broadband » Digitial LifeStyle is Not Cheap:
Surely when these type of services come online, I will sign-up, perhaps in the line of duty. However, I wonder how many can actually afford the digital lifestyle. Even the very basic package could set you back by at least $150 a month. (Cell phone, basic digital cable and broadband plus a budget VoIP plan!) I also wonder if this is the case, is there an economic case for many digital lifestyle services being planned by one-and-all.
I panned the business model at Orb. I think it will be “free” service the serves as a channel for content, taking a share of incremental revenue for premium services delivered remotely. I still think “streaming live TV” is about as lame a value proposition as I can think of, but the “place shifting” services, as Om calls them, are very interesting.]]>