Gmail Storage Increasing At Faster Pace
Google has decided that the storage in Gmail accounts has been increasing at too slow a pace, so they’ve sped up the counter. Considering Yahoo’s free unlimited email accounts, plus the fact that Windows Live Hotmail can top them at any time, Google was wise to do this just to offer some semblance of keeping pace with its major competition.
Currently, Gmail users get 2.9 gigabytes. According to Haochi, at the new pace, Gmail will have 4.2 gigabytes by October 23, increasing 1.3 gigs in just twelve days. Then, the counter will slow a tad, reaching 6 gigabytes by January 4, then increasing by about 1.5 gigabytes a year afterwards. So, in essence, Google just added 40% more email storage, and is doubling email storage by the end of the year.
Anyone complaining? Yeah, I thought not.
UPDATE: Ionut Alex has a chart showing how the initial burst of new storage slows over the next 15 months. He also notes that the free version of Google Apps has been updated to match the regular Gmail quote (previously, it was frozen at 2 gigabytes).
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Changing to a different email provider is not so simple for people like myself who depend on email for new Television promotions, special offers enquries… Updating all of my contacts and verifying takes such along time, plus the added headache of double the work sorting and reading two mailboxes. I think there should be some method to forward emails, like they do at the post office for postal mail. Can google do that?
Comment by Digit Al | October 13, 2007
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“Yahoo’s free unlimited email accounts” — Gmail has that too. And I trust their 3GB, more than I trust Yahoo’s unlimited storage space.
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Comment by Lalla Mira | October 13, 2007
my account shows:
“You are currently using 2257 MB (66%) of your 3377 MB.”
Comment by Arie | October 15, 2007
Lalla, Gmail accounts are not unlimited. This article talks about the storage limits on Gmail. While Gmail does give you a lot of space, Yahoo is unlimited, a big difference.
Comment by Nathan Weinberg | October 24, 2007