# WH Smith's free Internet service benefits charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/04/26/wh-smith039s-free-internet-service-benefits-charities/
- Published: 1999-04-26T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

WH Smith has joined the likes of Dixons’, Tesco and Virgin in offering a free Internet
access service. 
WH Smith has joined the likes of Dixons’, Tesco and Virgin in offering
a free Internet access service. [WHSmith Online](http://www.whsmith.co.uk) is launched
today. Unlike some free access providers it charges 50p for the CD-ROM of necessary
software. The company “plans to donate the 50p fee to educational charities”, according
to The Independent. WH Smith says the proceeds will be used “to promote literacy
in the UK through the Ready, Steady, Read programme.”

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