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Technology Stocks : Compaq -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rupert1 who wrote (45116)	1/26/1999 8:33:00 AM
From: Lynn	Respond to of 97611

Victor: The idea of CPQ offering free internet access, either through an existing IP [i.e. GTE, with whom CPQ has an existing relationship] or a new one they start would be a brilliant marketing move. There are many people today who only buy a PC so they can then subscribe to an IP, an ongoing cost of anywhere from U.S. 15 to U.S. 22 [I think--I have never had a commercial account]. If these people knew their internet access would be free if they buy a Compaq, even if only during the warranty period, it would give CPQ a tremendous edge over its competitors. Lynn