SBC Communications to Offer Compaq Personal Computers to DSL Subscribers.

Publication: Houston Chronicle (Houston, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Byline: Dwight Silverman

Jul. 11--SBC Communications will offer Compaq Presario computers to customers who subscribe to its high-speed Internet access service, the first Baby Bell to dangle a PC as an enticement for DSL.

But the computers, which SBC will buy from Compaq Computer Corp., then resell, will not be free.

Subscribers who opt for the deal will pay $60 a month for two years, $20 more than SBC's standard DSL price. They also must pay a $198 delivery fee for the computer, said John Nolan, director of retail DSL product management...

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