Intel, Dell join nonprofit to bring cheap Internet svc to poor

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Intel Corp. (INTC), Dell Inc. (DELL), and Fujitsu Ltd. (FJTSY) are among the new partners with the nonprofit group Connected Nation to put computers and cheap Internet service into low-income homes, the parties announced Thursday.

The coalition of high-tech manufacturing companies and Connected Nation is on the verge of submitting a $24 million grant proposal to the government to cover some of the costs ...