Dell launches Euro free ISP

Dell has become the latest company to offer subscription-free net access joining Granada and themutual.net this week alone. Launched in the UK it is the start of a pan-European Internet service that will be rolled out in Germany on 21 June and France within the next month. Other European countries should be able to take advantage of Dell's offer later in the year. Not only will the software be pre-installed in Dell PCs, non-Dell users will be able to sign up to the service by accessing the DellNet Web site. DellNet is collaboration between BT and portal Excite. In February bovine PC company, Gateway, launched its own subscription-free Net access service in the UK. ®