OT: Sun & Gnome = ?

[Alan Garrison]

Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu> 08/18/00 09:27AM

>> I occasionally get Best Buy coupons in the mail good 
>> for a weekend.  Not bad, given that I do buy a bit of 
>> stuff there.  However, one of the coupons says something 
>> like "Save $400 instantly if you sign up for 3 years 
>> with MSN" which of course is a crock since 3 years 
>> will run you >$700 at $19.95 a month.

> 3 years is a LONG time for a service agreement, especially at
> $19.95/mo.  What exactly does that service get you?  56k dialin
> and an email account?  

Presumably.  I have the coupons in my truck, and may 
use one today or tomorrow (obviously avoiding the 
whole MSN thing).  If you go to pizza hut tomorrow, 
you can read the gobs of fine print.

> I feel kinda sad for people 3 years from
> now who are still paying $20/mo for 
> the oppertunity to tie up their
> phone line for pathetically slow internet access...

Exactly their target demographic... :(