Will rake-free poker ever be a reality?

[illab]

I had heard Dutch Boyd(not that I would want to play on a site owned by him) and others were attempting to run a poker site without rake but instead a monthly fee to play in ring games and/or tournaments. I was wondering how economically feasible people think this could be. I not sure of all the expenses involved in running a poker site, but I would assume that the first one to try this would steal a lot of customers from the other site and would have a very profitable business, though maybe not as profitable as Party or Pokerstars are today. Eventually other site might have to conform the way all the internet providers had to start providing unlimited internet in the late 90s. I know I would jump at the chance to save the hundreds of dollars in rake that I pay.