Satellite Internet firm offers equipment leasing
WildBlue Communications, the largest provider of high-speed satellite Internet service, on Monday announced that it would allow customers to lease its equipment, rather than requiring them to buy it.
Customers now will pay a monthly lease fee of $5.95, similar to most cable and satellite TV equipment leasing fees. Customers will have the option to prepay their first 24 months of lease fees for just $99.95.
Denver-based WildBlue also will offer free standard installation. The company focuses on rural areas where cable Internet and phone DSL Internet are not typically available.
"Our program also helps our dealers who will no longer need to purchase an inventory of WildBlue equipment," WildBlue CEO David Leonard said in a news release. "This will free up more of their working capital, which will allow them the ability to increase their marketing and sales activities. This program is part of a wide-ranging set of initiatives to assist our customers and our partners wherever possible during these challenging economic times."
For details, go to www.wildblue.com or call 1-866-WILDBLUE (1-866-945-3258).
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