This is hardly innovative. MSN was using a similar deal to sell their dial-up service in 1999. It failed then too (since it was a bad deal overall and people

This is hardly innovative. MSN was using a similar deal to sell their dial-up service in 1999. It failed then too (since it was a bad deal overall and people who don't have the credit to buy a $499 PC are prone to defaulting on their debts)