This is something I thought Apple should do with the iMac .... I bet they're hoping to reduce support calls this way. How else could they have justified it?? What's missing from the synopsis -- how many local dial-up numbers will there be? from Benton's: GATEWAY PLANS TO OFFER FREE NET SERVICE Issue: Computers/Access Gateway, the second largest direct seller of PCs, has plans to offer customers one free year of Internet service. In explaining the motivation for this move, Gateway's chief executive, Theodore W. Waitt, said "We talk with more than 50,000 people every day and understand that most of them want a computer so they can get on the Web." The deal will give consumers free access the Internet for 150 hours each month. Additional time will be charged at $1.50 per hour. [SOURCE: New York Times (Online), AUTHOR: Bloomberg News] http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/02/biztech/articles/26gate.html Kathy > Kathy E. Gill > DCAC/MRM Methods Communication -- 425.965.6901 > Continuous effort -- not strength or intelligence -- is the key to unlocking our >potential. ~ Liane Cardes > Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire! > ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The NEW Web Consultants Association FORUMS and CHAT: Register Today at: http://just4u.com/forums/ Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants Give the Gift of Life This Year... Just4U Stop Smoking Support forum - helping smokers for over three years-tell a friend: http://just4u.com/forums/ To get 500 Banner Ads for FREE go to http://www.linkbuddies.com/start.go?id=111261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
