Others who have tried this formula don’t have Dixons’ vast network of shops
to slash the cost of distributing software almost to nil. So this is a move
which could turn Internet economics on its head and, in the long term, threaten
the livelihood of existing ISPs. If Dixons’ opposite number in the US, Circuit
City, took up the idea, firms like AOL and MSN might begin to worry.
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