Vamp
5c077
Premium
join:2003-01-28
MD
 ·Verizon FIOS
| 500MB is sufficient...
500MB is sufficient, but 10MB definitely is not... 10MB can be filled very quickly with pictures.
I would go with something like Gmail or a host instead of a providers email anyway, not for the extra space, but to ensure you will be able to keep that email address for a very long time.. Down the road when other providers and fiber optic hits your block, you are not going to want to stay on your cable or DSL... you will ultimately lose your email address. It's highly doubtful anything will happen to Gmail in the next 2-3 years, but it is very likely you won't still be on Cable/DSL, or that your cable provider will be bought out/change it's name. |
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Bobcat
Premium
join:2001-02-04
Bedminster, NJ | Whoop-de-do
My Verizon DSL has 2 GB with the main account, plus 256 MB for each sub-account, all for $165/year LESS than OOL. |
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mbernste
Boosted
Premium,MVM
join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ | reply to Vamp
Re: 500MB is sufficient...
Comcast gives 250 per account which is also quite generous. For me its moot since I always download my e-mail and use Gmail as one of my mail accounts anyway, but its nice to see OOL do something like this (good PR anyway). |
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koam
Pink Pecker
Premium
join:2000-08-16
East Puddle
clubs: | huh?
why would anyone use their ISP's email?
it just ties you to the ISP. when a better ISP comes along, it creates a hassle to switch over. |
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NY Tel
Premium
join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY | GMAIL is my friend.... |
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GeekNJ
Premium
join:2000-09-23
Waldwick, NJ
| reply to Bobcat
Re: Whoop-de-do
Of course OOL accepts mail from foreign countries while Verizon blocked it in the past.
More importantly, regardless of the reported news and that OOL seemed to be doing the right thing, you were able to still take a shot at them.
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subman87
Another day in the Brentwood
join:2000-11-24
Harrison, NY | reply to NY Tel
Re: huh?
like wise here........... |
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captokita
Premium
join:2005-02-22
Calabash, NC
| Email... or storage?
10MB of storage? Most small ISPs operate on smaller servers, hence the 10MB limit for them. More space = more overhead = more cost to customers. I for one don't WANT more than 10MB at one time to download.... that's a LOT of data. If you want STORAGE, a place to keep pictures, etc. then your ISP mailbox isn't it, nor was it intended for that purpose. Go with a Gmail account, or pay a company to keep it for you. |
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Bobcat
Premium
join:2001-02-04
Bedminster, NJ | reply to GeekNJ
Re: Whoop-de-do
Since you're going off-topic, do you want to discuss OOL's 'bulk mail' processing? It's been 4 years since they implemented it. Did they ever get it to work properly? What a joke. |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
 ·Qwest.net
| reply to captokita
Just something else
for people to bitch about. Get a Gmail account which presentiy has just short of 3 gigs of storage. There are plenty of other things to complain about this isn't really one of them 
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The older I get the more I prefer the company of my dogs over that of man kind. |
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T_Wrecks
The Truth Doesn't Make A Noise
Premium
join:2003-08-21
Garden State | reply to subman87
Re: huh?
I switched from OOL email to Gmail a long time ago. |
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Boogeyman
Drive it like you stole it
Premium
join:2002-12-17
Huntsville, AL
| reply to captokita
Re: Email... or storage?
I agree with you, but very frequently I get more than 10mb of mail a day (forwarded videos, pic and whatnot) and I only check it once a day. So anything that would put it over 10mb would not get recieved.
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Subaru
1-3-2-4
Premium
join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT
clubs: | Mail Out
Does OOL still Suffer with the mail server going offline? I know when I was with them in the past it was almost like every other week. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
| reply to Transmaster
Re: Just something else
Lycos |
Even Lycos gives you 3GB!
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Think outside the Fox... Opera |
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captokita
Premium
join:2005-02-22
Calabash, NC
| reply to Boogeyman
Re: Email... or storage?
I'm sure there are a lot of people who get more than 10MB a day, but when you think about it, email wasn't intended for what most of us use it for today - that being sending lots of pictures, movies, etc. I just know I don't want that much.
It just goes back to using a Gmail account, or someone else like that. |
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richardpor
Fur it up
join:2003-04-19
Portland, OR
| WHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
This story is much ado about nothing. What a bunch of crybabies. I have my own web hosting accounts were I configure my e-mail accounts to have only 10Megs each. I never have problem of running out. I use Outlook and configure the program to delete mail of the server after downloading. If I need to save the e-mail, I archive it on my computer or external hard drive. I have a Yahoo account I rarely use.
I have to admit my own bias on the issue: I do not care for so web applications and web storage. I would never store any personal information on the net. It only belongs on my computer. |
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GeekNJ
Premium
join:2000-09-23
Waldwick, NJ | reply to Bobcat
Re: Whoop-de-do
I have no idea - I don't use it. When I have used OOL mail, it's always worked. I wasn't on the original problem mail store that most folks that had issues were on. As for space, even with 10MB I never had an issue. |
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viperpa33s
Why Me?
Premium
join:2002-12-20
Bradenton, FL
·Bright House
| Plenty of others
There are plenty of free web mail sites that offer allot more storage. I have Earthlink and they only offers 100mb email accounts but I also use Gmail as a backup. Just create a couple of Gmail accounts and you will have more than enough.
MSN Web Mail Live - 2gig
Gmail - 2.7 gig
Yahoo - 1 gig
Lycos - 3 gig |
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danny9894
Student
join:2004-03-05
Minneapolis, MN
| reply to NY Tel
Re: huh?
said by NY Tel  :GMAIL is my friend.... Mine too  |
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
| reply to Bobcat
Re: Whoop-de-do
said by Bobcat :My Verizon DSL has 2 GB with the main account, plus 256 MB for each sub-account, all for $165/year LESS than OOL. What UL/DL Speeds is that DSL account delivering? Your claim that you are paying $165 less per year must be viewed in the light of if while you are getting more Email Storage you also get less speed on your connection.
OOL gives 500Meg in each of the 7 available Accounts with 15/2 speeds. Thus while the main account only gets 25% of your max space, each of the sub-accounts gets twice the space. They also offer 30/2 speeds for an extra $15/month which comes with 1Gig Email per account and 14 instead of 6 sub-accounts. |
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