Qwest on Tuesday agreed to offer co-branded Windows Live services, Microsoft announced.
The software maker says the Internet service provider is the first to announce plans to offer such a service in the Unite States.
The two companies said in a statement that they plan to develop new and improved integrated communications and personalized services on the new Windows Live product.
This means, under Microsoft's much-trumped Windows Live OneCare, customers who operate Windows XP on their computers will get automated anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall security features, as well as updates that are supposed to keep their computers secure, along with a bunch of other services that work along with Qwest's.
The cost of the co-branded service was not provided. When it was debuted last month the cost for OneCare was pegged at $49.95 a year for use on up to three computers.
Many discussed whether Microsoft's support service could at that cost be profitable. Blogger Valleywag had some analyis on OneCare:
"In a fit of business brilliance, Microsoft launched a paid PC care service, thus profiting from the shittiness of its own products."
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