Well, I know that I consider internet to be a necessity (granted, it's part of my job) and so I have to be spending that $40 no matter what. The $1 RedBox I do

Well, I know that I consider internet to be a necessity (granted, it's part of my job) and so I have to be spending that $40 no matter what. The $1 RedBox I don't have to be spending. Now, I'm sure there are people for whom broadband isn't a given expense, but I know that most of my friends wouldn't cut it out because they need it for everything from communication (skype, IM, email) to information (Wikipedia, news) to fun (hulu, youtube). And so the broadband connection becomes a given for things other than entertainment.