You pay 2,000, 3,000 dollars a month for a shoe box apartment

你一个月得为一间鞋盒大小的房子花上两三千美元，

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While consumer Web freemium firms have a tough time getting 3% of their members to pay, Box.net is seeing 8% of business members pay.

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Besides meaning you have one less ugly component to deal with, getting rid of the cable box also usually means better picture quality and you don't have pay rental fees for your box any more (though we have faith that the cable companies will eventually find a way to charge seven bucks a month for CableCard rentals).

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However, users will have to pay to have a box installed that measures the digital bits used per month.

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