Earthlink buys PeoplePC

In a great move by Earthlink, they buy PeoplePC. Remember those stupid ads? Now they can bundle their own internet access with leasable cheap PCs or offer free internet with some cheap PCs, there are many possibilities to make money off this.

EarthLink said that PeoplePC will give it 60,000 paying monthly subscribers and about 500,000 prepaid, bundled subscribers. EarthLink has about 4.9 million subscribers, the company said. And they get those peeps as Earthlink users.