< Missouri: For a quarter you can't even make a call | | Save the Bombala Payphone! > Pay Phones? How About Pay Computers? May 22, 2006 Prepaid mobile phones and calling cards serve as a model for Microsoft's initiative to bring pay-as-you-go computers to developing nations: "In an effort to replicate the success of prepaid mobile phones in emerging markets, the PC industry aims to expand PC use in countries where consumers must cope with a lower income and limited access to credit. "The pay-as-you-go model lowers the initial costs of buying a PC by 50 percent or more and the consumer owns the PC after a set amount of minutes are purchased, the companies said." Read more at CNN International