Yahoo increases mail storage quota to 2 GB!

[heatseeker]

In a move to counter the upcoming Google GMail public launch, Yahoo expanded their paid membership mail storage quota to a whooping 2 GB.

To quote from an email received from their support team:

“As of June 15, 2004, you'll enjoy the following benefits at no additional charge:
• Increase in your storage quota to 2GB
• No graphical ads”

Much has been said about the war between Google and Yahoo, each battling to take a larger share of the consumer market. Apparently Yahoo has perceived GMail promised 1 GB of mail storage as a winner and now is doubling the stake. I was seriously considering moving to GMail but with this move Yahoo managed to keep me as a (paid) customer. Even for non paying members, their mail disk quota has been increased 50 times reaching a whooping 100 MB. All without the Google AdWords hassle and its potential intrusion of privacy.

I wonder what the next Microsoft move is. As Google claims will be offering 1 GB of storage for free and Yahoo has already started offering 2 GB for a mere $20 per year, if Microsoft won’t respond by raising the mail quota for their Hotmail service I suspect they will loose a large share of their customers.

In the battle between giants, there’s sometimes gain for the little like us. What do you think?

Sincerely,
Catalin IONESCU
Everything about color

[cooper]

Well this morning I logged into my Yahoo account and found that my free account size was increased to 100MB (from the meager 6MB it was):



I agree in that this has to be a direct reaction to GMail, whenever that becomes available. :o)

I may still get a GMail account as you never seem to have enough storage space.

[jaik]

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[bbott]

Originally Posted by jaik

.....discussion board works like a message board: a space where all members can exchange their views and comments on many topics. You can post, chat and reply to topics at your convenience.

Mhmmmm Spam!

Anyways back to the topic, unless I read a tech article on CNN or another credible source - I can't believe they're offering 2 gigs...