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Article #314NEWS: Sprint punts 99� netbook
From: John Navas
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:27
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:27
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<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/07/sprint_subsidized_netbook/> If you're jonesing for a netbook and you live in the States, Sprint and Best Buy will sell you one for the low, low price of 99�. ... The catch is that the netbook - a Compaq Mini 110c-1040DX - must be purchased with a two-year Sprint 3G wireless-broadband service contract that runs $60 per month for 5GB of data downloads. Add to that $1,440 the sales tax you'll need to pay on the netbook's $389.99 list price, and you'll be shelling out just south of fifteen hundred bucks. ... If the Sprint deal doesn't attract you, Best Buy will hook you up with AT&T or Verizon instead, but they'll charge you $199 up front for the hardware. AT&T offers a 200MB-per-month plan for $40 - that'll run you about $1,160 over the two-year contract. The company also has a $60/5GB plan, plus other plans that include subsidized netbooks. Verizon's entry-level 3G plan gives you 250MB per month at $40 and matches Sprint and AT&T at $60 for 5GB. Verizon is offering its own netbook-bundling plan, but if you want to skip the netbook part of the deal they'll be happy to set you up with one of a half-dozen 3G cards and dongles. [MORE] Details at Best Buy: <http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat182100050001&type=category> Notably missing is T-Mobile. -- Best regards, John <http:/navasgroup.com> If the iPhone is really so impressive, why do iFans keep making excuses for it?
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