Hotmail Sends Official Notice, Plays Down 250 MB Upgrade

intelliot · 07-06-2004, 08:32 PM

So it's official, we'll be getting 250 megs. Surprise, they won't match up to Google's gig.

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We're rolling out email antivirus protection as well as enhanced storage to help meet your growing needs. This will make MSN Hotmail, a world class email service that both scans and cleans ingoing and outgoing email for viruses and worms before they enter your inbox.

In addition to delivering world-class antivirus protection, you can also look forward to an upgrade in your storage capacity. In fact, you'll receive 125 times your current email storage with the introduction of a 250 MB inbox as well as the ability to send attachments up to 10 MB.

However, they make it sound like an afterthought - as if people actually want antivirus protection more than additional mailspace. It's simply not true. I have a mere 45 messages in my Hotmail account, and it's 89% filled! It can only take a couple more.

tntcheats · 07-06-2004, 09:17 PM

Like they could, with all that bandwidth being spent on all of those big graphic advertisements and spyware downloads--which will probably do nothing but increase.

stuck_fugu · 07-06-2004, 09:51 PM

ya i use their email for msn messenger, so i recieved one of thier emails, i was suprised they were actually following through with one of their plans

antioco2003 · 07-08-2004, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by intelliot

So it's official, we'll be getting 250 megs. Surprise, they won't match up to Google's gig.

Yes, but Yahoo gives 100 megs. So, Hotmail offers more than that, and this is what matters for them. They know competing with Gmail is going to be difficult, and they're trying to make a difference with a "similar" service like theirs.

And many newbie users of Messenger don't know they don't need to have a Hotmail account but any other, that way they grow their number of accounts despite the amount of megs. offered...

absent-minded · 07-08-2004, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by tntcheats

Like they could, with all that bandwidth being spent on all of those big graphic advertisements and spyware downloads--which will probably do nothing but increase.

hahaha! yeah... that was what I was about to say as well. hehe... I hate Hotmail's user interface. It's so slow, user-unfriendly, extremely messy and not nice enough to be worth the loading or the bandwidth.

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Originally Posted by stuck_fugu

ya i use their email for msn messenger, so i recieved one of thier emails, i was suprised they were actually following through with one of their plans

I use MSN Messenger with a Hotmail account and I never got an email about the 250MB upgrade. maybe they found out I already got Gmail. hehehe... too bad. even with 250MB, I'm not gonna be switching back to Hotmail - yahoo!'s actually not too bad...

tntcheats · 07-08-2004, 02:21 PM

They're still trying to do stuff 1/4 as good as Google. First a new search engine sort of resembling Google, now 1/4 the size of Gmail account emails....

hitpoint · 07-08-2004, 09:05 PM

Yes, nothing will be able to compare with 1 gig of free space. No company has or will in the near future be able to put up anything to that extent.

Google releases GMail a while back, announcing a 1 gig amount of space. People start clammoring for an account.

Yahoo realizes this and combats it with the name. Still being able to grant favor in their customers' eyes, they announce 200 megs.

Hotmail finally catches up with the trend and releases word about a 250 megs.

Will the competition for free space keep driving the major e-mail service providers up, up, and up? The sky's the limit!

antioco2003 · 07-09-2004, 01:23 AM

Well, I wouldn't like the sky to be the limit, there's plenty of space above it :P
This is something very interesting for us "customers": if companies compete we can get more from all of them

hitpoint · 07-09-2004, 02:17 PM

Indeed. The various companies that are in the buisness now will probably start competing for this, too. After all, it's pretty much about the name rather than how much you can make with a free service to people.

Overall, I think Hotmail is doing the best, aside from GMail.

antioco2003 · 07-09-2004, 02:40 PM

Imagine the situation: Gmail doesn't exist (of course, we wouldn't be in here

).

Then, as it was before Gmail appeared, Yahoo email accounts would contain 10 megs. each and Hotmail ones 2 megs. (I can't remember the limit now, but I think I'm right). So, what happened? Somebody threw a stone into the pond, the waters started moving, and we're getting advantage from that movement. Fortunately

I hope all this movement lead to an improvement in the services (the sooner the better for us customers

).

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tntcheats Master Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Cananada Posts: 539 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Like they could, with all that bandwidth being spent on all of those big graphic advertisements and spyware downloads--which will probably do nothing but increase.

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tntcheats Master Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Cananada Posts: 539 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	They're still trying to do stuff 1/4 as good as Google. First a new search engine sort of resembling Google, now 1/4 the size of Gmail account emails....

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hitpoint Noogle Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yes, nothing will be able to compare with 1 gig of free space. No company has or will in the near future be able to put up anything to that extent. Google releases GMail a while back, announcing a 1 gig amount of space. People start clammoring for an account. Yahoo realizes this and combats it with the name. Still being able to grant favor in their customers' eyes, they announce 200 megs. Hotmail finally catches up with the trend and releases word about a 250 megs. Will the competition for free space keep driving the major e-mail service providers up, up, and up? The sky's the limit!

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antioco2003 Master Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 514 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well, I wouldn't like the sky to be the limit, there's plenty of space above it :P This is something very interesting for us "customers": if companies compete we can get more from all of them

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hitpoint Noogle Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Indeed. The various companies that are in the buisness now will probably start competing for this, too. After all, it's pretty much about the name rather than how much you can make with a free service to people. Overall, I think Hotmail is doing the best, aside from GMail.

07-09-2004, 02:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
antioco2003 Master Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 514 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Imagine the situation: Gmail doesn't exist (of course, we wouldn't be in here ). Then, as it was before Gmail appeared, Yahoo email accounts would contain 10 megs. each and Hotmail ones 2 megs. (I can't remember the limit now, but I think I'm right). So, what happened? Somebody threw a stone into the pond, the waters started moving, and we're getting advantage from that movement. Fortunately I hope all this movement lead to an improvement in the services (the sooner the better for us customers ).

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