Closed Thread
Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: Yahoo to offer unlimited Email Storage

  1. #1
    Osiris is just really nice Osiris is just really nice Osiris is just really nice Osiris is just really nice Osiris is just really nice Osiris's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Kentucky
    Posts
    36,466

    Default Yahoo to offer unlimited Email Storage

    It seems that the big three, that is Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, always have to compete against each other. When someone introduces a new feature the others are surely going to announce a similar feature that is just a tad better than the feature of the other company. We are witnessing the race for Email storage at the moment. Microsoft has a storage limit of 2 Gigabytes for their users while Google has currently a limit of 2,8 Gigabytes. Yahoo decided to accept the challenge and give the others something to choke on, they announced today that they will offer unlimited Email storage to all of its users in the near future.
    As someone who has seen to many unlimited deals in the past I’m a little bit cautious about their plans. Let us take a little example here. Yahoo has currently around 250 million users that use their mail service. Worst case for Yahoo would be if nearly all of their users decided to use Yahoo Mail to send and store large files such as holiday videos, presentations and high res pictures. Let us assume 1 Gigabyte per month per user which would mean that Yahoo would need 250000 Terrabytes of storage space to keep up with the demands of their users. It is however pretty unrealistic that all users will upload 1 Gigabyte per month.

    There are surely many dead accounts and some use it for normal mails only. It remains to be seen how many users will really use it for large attachments and how Yahoo will react if a user decided to draw the unlimited option and send a lot of large files in a short time. Google for instance bans users temporary who upload more than 1 gigabyte to Gmail in a short time. John Cramer, Yahoo Vice-President of mail, put it that way: “We are comfortable that our users are far under 1 gigabyte, on average”
    Two countries are excluded from the deal: China and Japan. The new service is supposed to go live this June.

    Yahoo to offer unlimited Email Storage » gHacks tech news


  2. #2
    Master Techie AND_YOU_ARE
    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Location
    Potsdam NY, USA
    Posts
    2,004

    Default Re: Yahoo to offer unlimited Email Storage

    I see just as a marketing ploy. They are counting on the fact that every account will not use the entire storage capacity. I have multiple gmail accounts, and don't even us 100Mb between all five account. This is just Yahoo trying to claim their position on the top of the hill, to get more users to switch to their service.
    Member of the right wing conspiracy theory.

    X-Fire: andyouare1
    AIM: plantagenet51

    Ars Technica

    Silent PC Review

    Xtreme Systems

  3. #3
    Ultra Techie kfc469 is on a distinguished road kfc469's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Posts
    928

    Default Re: Yahoo to offer unlimited Email Storage

    Quote Originally Posted by Warez Monster View Post
    Worst case for Yahoo would be if nearly all of their users decided to use Yahoo Mail to send and store large files such as holiday videos, presentations and high res pictures. Let us assume 1 Gigabyte per month per user
    Isn't there a limit on the size of attachments? It was 10mb last time I checked.

    Quote Originally Posted by AND_YOU_ARE View Post
    I have multiple gmail accounts, and don't even us 100Mb between all five account.
    Really? I use 700mb of mine.


  4. #4
    PowerQuest / Opera TheMajor is on a distinguished road TheMajor's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Location
    Netherlands
    Posts
    10,087

    Default Re: Yahoo to offer unlimited Email Storage

    My GMX account has 1GB storage. I barely use any of it because it gets downloaded to my email client every minute. Mails are stored online for 2 days max (during weekends).
    20MiB max email size.

    TheMajorMMX - Intel P200 MMX @ 225Mhz - V-Tech (PcPartner) Baby-AT mb w/ Intel Triton TX chipset - Nvidia Riva TNT2 M64 w/ 16MB - Still running.....

  5. #5
    Hard Core Techie EricB will become famous soon enough EricB will become famous soon enough
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Posts
    11,755

    Default Re: Yahoo to offer unlimited Email Storage

    F@*# yahoo. their are mad because everybody left them for google. when the government ask them for their record of our transactions ,they gave it to them. google told the government to go fly a kite
    The Ultimate Hard Drive Utility PowerMax 4.23. (It now has the ability to clean a Boot Sector virus on the quick erase option.)
    The best browser Netscape 8
    Have you accidently delete something? Look here (trial. the better one) and here(free)

  6. #6
    Banned maroon1 is on a distinguished road
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    3,479

    Default Re: Yahoo to offer unlimited Email Storage

    No EricB, yahoo is still the world's largest provider of Email accounts. Yahoo! has 250 million users. Microsoft has 228 million users. Gmail is the third largest Email provider and has 51 million users.

    Yahoo Mail Announces Unlimited Storage

  7. #7
    Hard Core Techie EricB will become famous soon enough EricB will become famous soon enough
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Posts
    11,755

    Default Re: Yahoo to offer unlimited Email Storage

    check how many people has left yahoo. yahoo counts accounts not being used at a valid account. I haven't use mine in over 3-4 years yet it's still there
    The Ultimate Hard Drive Utility PowerMax 4.23. (It now has the ability to clean a Boot Sector virus on the quick erase option.)
    The best browser Netscape 8
    Have you accidently delete something? Look here (trial. the better one) and here(free)

  8. #8
    Mak213 is a splendid one to behold Mak213 is a splendid one to behold Mak213 is a splendid one to behold Mak213 is a splendid one to behold Mak213 is a splendid one to behold Mak213 is a splendid one to behold Mak213 is a splendid one to behold Mak213 is a splendid one to behold Mak213's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Location
    C:\Windows\System32
    Posts
    28,960
    Blog Entries
    4

    Default Re: Yahoo to offer unlimited Email Storage

    Quote Originally Posted by EricB View Post
    check how many people has left yahoo. yahoo counts accounts not being used at a valid account. I haven't use mine in over 3-4 years yet it's still there
    I have to agree. They just count the # of account signed up for. I havent used mine since i basically signed up for it since i only used it for spamming purposes. I never used that account for any real reason other then to get spam sent there. So even that account is getting counted when it aint used.

    Plus consider that Eric and a few others have used it just for storage purposes. Not even for real email. they just upload a file and hand out the info and let people download the file from it.

    So needless to say Yahoo just counts the accounts that have been signed up for. Not the accoutns that have been inactive for any given amount of time. Hotmail is starting to get that way as well. We will see what happens when they finally brnad it with the "Live" tag.
    Images created by CarnageX | You've been Mak'd! | 儿做好 | 什么他妈的
    I do not accept support questions via EMail, PM, IM or my Spaces page!
    This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.
    V If I help you, or you just like what I said, rep me

  9. #9
    Master Techie synergy has a spectacular aura about synergy has a spectacular aura about synergy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Somewhere between a 1 and a 0
    Posts
    2,059

    Default Re: Yahoo to offer unlimited Email Storage

    I dunno...I think Gmail sucks honestly. I have used Yahoo mail since 99 and had no problems. The new Yahoo mail beta kicks the s**t outta any online mail app out there. As PC World put it "Google gets more attention, but Yahoo gets more done".

    There is no way anyone can upload/send 1GB of mail a day. Even though there is unlimited storage, there is still a restriction on attachment size. That being said, I also believe that this is just a marketing ploy as maybe .05% of their customers would ever use more than the already allotted 2GB.

    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
    HTPC: Phenom II X4 920 | Biostar TA790GX XE mATX w/ ATI HD 3300 IGP | 4 GB Dominators DDR2 1066
    LG Blu-Ray/HD-DVD ROM + DVD RW | 60 GB OCZ Vertex SSD | WD Caviar 1 TB | Antec Veris Fusion Black HTPC Case
    Logitech diNovo Edge KB | Win7 Pro 64-bit

    3dMark06 23,159 | 3dMark Vantage 23,579 | TF2 Stats Page

Closed Thread

Similar Threads

  1. Yahoo! Widget Engine 4.0.170
    By Trotter in forum Off Topic Discussion
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 03-27-2007, 03:16 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts