The days of you having to pay for your netbook might be disappearing fast.

Best Buy will sell you a 1.60GHz Atom-powered netbook from Compaq for a dollar. The catch, and it’s a big one, is that you must sign a two-year EV-DO data service agreement with Sprint. Sprint’s 3G mobile data plans start at $59.99/month. So over two years, that $1 netbook would actually set you back nearly $1,440.

Normally a Compaq 110c-1040DX netbook retails for $389.99 without any additional features. However it could be useful for punters looking for new hardware and mobile Internet service at the same time.