Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"As someone who doesn't reside in the USA, I was wondering what would be the best way to get internet for my computer in the US for a couple of weeks? If it were Europe I know I'd look for some prepaid data. Is there anything similar offered by American carriers? A MiFi or a data SIM that I can tether from would work, but I'm trying to maintain a tight budget. Help!"
Actually I think is pretty smart. Try not to think of the consumer applications alone. If Grouper is a transcoding service and Sony Pictures Entertainment Bought them (Not SOE or one of the other divisions) at thevery least they could use it to transcode and log all of their digital video for all of their productions - think dailies, ad agencies cutting commercials for approval etc, with the consumer being the long tail for all of that content. Internally it could save them at least what they paid for it in media costs - assuming they know what they are doing. Otherwise the studios would have to pay for or set up a service that third party production companies and agencies could use when they are probably saying to themselves - gee I wish this billion dollar company had asset management tools that accomplished what YouTube does.