100 gb email account!!

[fallenangel99]

Tom's Hardware story

Company link

 

[fallenangel99]

EDIT 1: According to the company site, you have to pay $5 for membership which includes the 100 GB account. But, the free email is 10 gb. Sorry.

 

[udonoogen]

if only an email provider had upped their limit to 10 MEGABYTES back in the day that wouldve taken off like crazy. a deal with 10 gigabytes seems unreal. what kind of mail do they expect you to get?

 

[Ameesh]

jesus christ this is getting a bit ridiculous.

 

[saltedeggman]

overdone

 

[schuang74]

Well if you think about it, they can pretty much claim anything since not everyone will be using the full 1, 10 or 100 gig amount.

 

[c627627]

1, 10 or a 100GB, what's the difference if you can only send a few MB at a time?

 

[hytek369]

wow

 

[dc]

In a challenge to demonstrate the size of the account, he said that he would challenge readers of Tom's Hardware Guide to fill up the complete account with data. "The first user who is able to use the complete space will receive from us a free email account with one TByte space on a dedicated server," Weiss said. "This will be the worlds largest email inbox."

 

[dc]

Originally posted by: c627627
1, 10 or a 100GB, what's the difference if you can only send a few MB at a time?

We wanted to do something 'hellacious' and came up with the idea to offer 100 GByte and allow users to send attachments in sizes up to 500 MByte."

 

[c627627]

Awww, well that's different.

Send & receive message size limit is what it's all about.

"The first user who is able to use the complete space will receive from us a free email account with one TByte space on a dedicated server" ?? So 200 messages with 500 MB attachments gets you an account?

But hm... you could upload 500MB worth of personal crap at a time though and have it accessable from anywhere.


So just to set things straight, you're saying it's free 10 GB with 500MB send & receive message size limit? $5 is only if you wish to get the full hundred GB?

 

[salaku]

Sounds a bit too much space for email.

 

[Ka0t1x]

T3 connection and a few SVCD'd movies could kill that 1Tb very quickly.

 

[superHARD]

It was free for me

 

[tranquilflow]

interesting!

 

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: tranquilflow
interesting!

yes, very, it is just a contest to see who has the biggest balls... I mean storage...

 

[sivart]

all of my photos and music don't even take up 10GB and I wouldn't want that posted publicly. Geez, anything to draw attention to a free email, get you hooked and then start charging later

 

[Noirish]

slow website.
no thanks since it's no google.

 

[superHARD]

Anyone else not get the conformation email?

 

[huesmann]

Originally posted by: udonoogen
if only an email provider had upped their limit to 10 MEGABYTES back in the day that wouldve taken off like crazy. a deal with 10 gigabytes seems unreal. what kind of mail do they expect you to get?

Maybe they expect you to mail your friends pr0n videos.

 

[SimsFreak]

For $500/liftime I will give you a 400GB Email hard drive lol.

 

[superHARD]

Originally posted by: SimsFreak
For $500/liftime I will give you a 400GB Email hard drive lol.

It I can access it via FTP and you have a T1 or faster internet connection?

Are you going to be in business for 50+ years?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

he sure gets the better end of the deal, as 400GB will be like a floppy disk in 10 years let alone 50

 

[abellamy]

Just what is the point - 1Gb is good - but 10Gb+ just seems like a marketing stunt.

How can a company give you 10Gb (or even 100Gb) without stuffing it full of adverts - I am much happier with a few hundred megs and NO adverts!

 

[weepul]

this is just getting ridiculous, especially for a non-technial/computer related website.

//krunk (^_^x)