technology goes down. When I was in college in 1973 it cost 100 dollars to get a handheld calculator that ran on a battery. Now you can get a suitable substitute for a dollar without the need for batteries. My panisonic VCR that weighted about 50 pounds cost me 500 in the early 80s. And thats when 500 dollars was worth something.

Like now you can get disposible phones...I can forsee getting disposible internet access devises for a set amount of time..maybe in 10 or 20 years.