Just stopped by the MapPoint.NET booth at TechEd and showed them some of this discussion and the page on the MapPoint.NET site showing the costs. They said that the site is confusing.
Site should show that there is more then one type of license. $15,000 for 2 Million Transactions (Flat rate) OR $299 per user for you to build an internal application OR Per transaction of $0.01 (Have to purchase in blocks of transactions like Cell Phone Minutes) OR Negotiated rate for larger usage Later You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.