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To: steve harris who wrote (79102)11/9/1999 11:22:00 AM
From: Goutam  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1573215
 
Steve,

Avenir bundles IBM PC with Web access for low fee

NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - In its first move into the "free PC" business, International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - news) on Tuesday said France's Avenir Telecom would offer Internet access services and an IBM personal computer for a low monthly fee.

In a statement also released in Paris, IBM said it had sold Avenir an initial lot of 80,000 IBM Aptiva PCs. The Avenir service is priced at 199 francs (around $32) per month for 30 months.

Consumers would receive an IBM Aptiva PC with a 15-inch monitor, an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE:AMD - news) 400 megahertz computer chip and a complete, if basic, set-up including CD-ROM player, loudspeakers and a 56-kilobit-per-second modem.

... More ... biz.yahoo.com

Regards,
Goutama