GMail keeps on getting bigger

LennonCook · 04-01-2005, 03:21 AM

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Google plans to offer a bottomless cup of storage with its Gmail Web-based e-mail service, dramatically raising the bar for rivals in the sharply competitive business for the second time in a year.

The Mountain View, Calif.-based Web giant on Friday plans to double the free storage on Gmail from 1GB to 2GB, said Georges Harik, Gmail product management director. After that, Google will add a yet-to-be-determined amount of extra storage daily, with no plans to stop.

The move highlights the seemingly inexhaustible storage needs of a small group of heavy e-mail users, and the sharply falling costs of online storage. Lifting pre-defined storage caps for Web-based e-mail could have broader ripple effects, Harik said, changing the way people think about quotas from something that is set in advance to something that grows with the user.

I. Want. Those. Servers.

Irongrinder · 04-01-2005, 03:38 AM

yup lol, they have a counter on their main page which goes up little by little. Right now it's 1145, I don't mind more storage freedom

Bozos of Bones · 04-01-2005, 03:54 AM

I can't tell you how pleased I am to see this. I've been on 96% for the last month or so, and I'm happy I won't have to delete anything to recieve more stuff

Intrepid · 04-01-2005, 05:45 AM

I've gone down to 2% of my 1214mb used.
I love that they are expanding the storage though, hopefully it'll cause some competition, and hopefully gmail will become more well used.

Dundee Slaytern · 04-01-2005, 06:12 AM

Good gravy! I don't even use 10MB of my GMail, let alone 2GB!

RoSs_bg2_rox · 04-01-2005, 07:39 AM

This is all well and good, but they should also recognize that their attachment size is crap. That needs to be looked at.

RevRuby · 04-01-2005, 08:52 AM

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Originally posted by RoSs_bg2_rox:
This is all well and good, but they should also recognize that their attachment size is crap. That needs to be looked at.

yeh i know! it wouldn't let me send 25 pngs at once!

philip · 04-01-2005, 08:56 AM

~~Good news [img]smile.gif[/img] I only have 10 mb in mine but it might get more.~~

edit: uhm no just no [img]tongue.gif[/img]

or is it?

[ 04-01-2005, 10:10 AM: Message edited by: philip ]

Brayf · 04-01-2005, 09:01 AM

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/images/infinity.gif

Hahahaha...

Edit: Image doesn't seem to display properly in IMG tags

[ 04-01-2005, 09:03 AM: Message edited by: Brayf ]

Spirits Reborn · 04-01-2005, 11:16 AM

gmail is like the energizer bunny..it just keeps on going on and on and on and on and on and on.....

so 2gb now eh? pretty soon it'll be bigger than my hd. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

04-01-2005, 03:54 AM	#3
Bozos of Bones Apophis Join Date: July 29, 2003 Location: The Underdark cavern of Zagreb Age: 37 Posts: 4,679	I can't tell you how pleased I am to see this. I've been on 96% for the last month or so, and I'm happy I won't have to delete anything to recieve more stuff __________________ MAKE LOVE, NOT SPAM!

04-01-2005, 07:39 AM	#6
RoSs_bg2_rox Zartan Join Date: May 20, 2003 Location: Near Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 34 Posts: 5,225	This is all well and good, but they should also recognize that their attachment size is crap. That needs to be looked at. __________________ [img]\"http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/ladyzekke/dragonwater2.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

04-01-2005, 11:16 AM	#10
Spirits Reborn Anubis Join Date: February 21, 2005 Location: .... Age: 35 Posts: 2,473	gmail is like the energizer bunny..it just keeps on going on and on and on and on and on and on..... so 2gb now eh? pretty soon it'll be bigger than my hd. [img]tongue.gif[/img] __________________ Spirit's 3d Dump, Check it out!

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04-01-2005, 03:38 AM	#2
Irongrinder Avatar Join Date: June 8, 2001 Location: The forest Posts: 526	yup lol, they have a counter on their main page which goes up little by little. Right now it's 1145, I don't mind more storage freedom

04-01-2005, 05:45 AM	#4
Intrepid Symbol of Cyric Join Date: March 28, 2003 Location: Australia Age: 37 Posts: 1,124	I've gone down to 2% of my 1214mb used. I love that they are expanding the storage though, hopefully it'll cause some competition, and hopefully gmail will become more well used.

04-01-2005, 06:12 AM	#5
Dundee Slaytern Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 10, 2001 Location: Pasir Ris, Singapore Age: 41 Posts: 11,063	Good gravy! I don't even use 10MB of my GMail, let alone 2GB!

04-01-2005, 08:56 AM	#8
philip Galvatron Join Date: June 24, 2002 Location: aa Posts: 2,101	~~Good news [img]smile.gif[/img] I only have 10 mb in mine but it might get more.~~ edit: uhm no just no [img]tongue.gif[/img] or is it? [ 04-01-2005, 10:10 AM: Message edited by: philip ]

04-01-2005, 09:01 AM	#9
Brayf Zhentarim Guard Join Date: February 21, 2005 Location: Candlekeep Age: 37 Posts: 372	https://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/images/infinity.gif Hahahaha... Edit: Image doesn't seem to display properly in IMG tags [ 04-01-2005, 09:03 AM: Message edited by: Brayf ]

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