NW,
I think the idea of offering one year of free internet access with every new PC is a good idea, but only if the access is through a **big** name IP which almost everyone in the U.S. can connect to via a local number.
Tucked in a posting yesterday, I mentioned how I think offering a free year of AOL or Prodigy would be a good move for CPQ _and_ AOL (or Prodigy). As more and more people buy PCs mainly to connect to the internet, giving them what they want free, for a year, to the site the majority of people new to the internet plan to access anyway, AOL, could REALLY boost sales. Heck, even I, who have zero interest in AOL [and do not hold shares of AOL] would buy a PC that gave me free internet access no matter where I am in the U.S.--or in some European locations.
Lynn |
