] Families can now easily shell out more than $100 a month
] for local and long distance phone plans, subscription TV,
] pay-per-view, Internet and cellular phone service. New
] demands in the form of Internet media--music downloads,
] interactive games, satellite radio and video-on-demand
] services--promise to push costs, and bundling
] opportunities, to even greater heights.

yep. and it's finally working. through lack of competition and slow roll out of services, the bill has crept up, and bundling will be the tool to get you to shell out $200/month for those services by nickel and diming you to death. that's been the holy grail since 1993.