It's not about subsidizing the netbook alone. It's about subsidizing the mobile broadband connection as well. The problem is there doesn't exist a national ea

It's not about subsidizing the netbook alone. It's about subsidizing the mobile broadband connection as well. The problem is there doesn't exist a national eat all you can mobile broadband offer. Imagine if Google could wrangle one of the big 3g providers to give you a netbook plus all you can eat mobile broadband for $50/month. And they didn't restrict you from using the device as a WiFi access point so you could share the connection with your other devices. I'd sign up for that in a heartbeat.