Starhub recently had a promotion where you signed up for their Max Online 6000 for 2 yrs at about $71 per month and you get a free PC. You can pay some amount to change it to a laptop or a better PC. Quite a good deal. I am already with Max Online 3000, so I upgraded my account to a 6000 and signed with them for a further 2 years, pay them $399, for a notebook

Sharon also did something similar, except that she was not an existing subscriber. She does not have a PC at home either, She was planning to use the promotion notebook for surfing at home. Unfortunately, Starhub will only give her the notebook about 1 month after they set up her internet account. So she'll have to pay for 1 month's subscription for nothing while waiting for her notebook to come. On top of that, they told her that they need a PC or notebook when they are installing her modem and stuff at her place. So she have to go hunting for a notebook to borrow on the installation date.

Sharon is not likely to be the only customer who do not have a machine when they signed up for Starhub Maxonline. With a bit of effort and heart, I am sure they can come up with a better arrangement.