There are plenty of 'free broadband' bundle deals out there in internet land, but how about a 'free PC' deal?

That's what Redten Internet, a sister company of Watford Electronics, is offering to customers who sign up to it's 8Mbps broadband connection. As will all things there is a small catch, you have to sign for three years, but as Watford are a well established are reputable company there is less risk that signing with a 'start-up' company. But will customers want to sign away their connection for three years?

The PC offered is a LG model Pentium 4 with a 17in LG LCD monitor (with a free 19in upgrade for the first 10,000 customers), 160GB hard disk, 512MB of RAM and Windows XP Media Center Edition. A voucher will be included for a free upgrade to Windows Vista when it finally arrives. There are also more expensive monthly packages which include extra hardware such as printers and wireless routers.

But they insist that customers will not have to watch the adverts as in some 'free PC' deals and can even change their home page away from the Redten site, to UK-Bug.net for instance.....

The service is planned to will go live this week, but it seems details about the broadband package are very limited, so it may be best to wait to see what the exact terms are before siging away 3 years of 'internet life'. You can register your interest at www.redteninternet.com.