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Earthlink Sponsors Cheap Linux PCs

Posted by Zonk on from the brand-convergence-for-the-win dept.

prostoalex writes "Earthlink and Microtel are offering cheap Xandros-based computers to anyone who's willing to sign up for Earthlink dial-up service at $22 a month. The desktops on Microtel Web site start at $70 for a basic AMD Sempron machine, Microtel laptops start at $399. ExtremeTech says there is also a SkypeOut gift certificate: 'All Xandros PCs and laptops include free Skype-to-Skype calling worldwide, plus an exclusive bonus voucher for up to 120 minutes of SkypeOut calling to any phone number in the world.'"

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  1. Earthlink is Evil by benspikey · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    DO NOT GIVE THIS COMPANY A DIME!! - THEY ARE THEIVES AND PROVIDE HORRIBLE SERVICE!!

    !!simply google earthlink + evil and view the results!!

    For EarthLink CEO Garry Betty, 2003 was a very good year. Betty took home almost $1 million -- $346,790 as a bonus -- for cutting EarthLink's workforce by one-fourth, leaving 1,300 people out of work. In January 2004, he announced 1,300 more job cuts.
    EarthLink not only victimized its employees, it also made them train the low-wage replacement workers and threatened to take away their severance pay if they spoke publicly about the situation.