Nerelda Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 DULLES, Va. - America Online Inc. launched a free, Web-based e-mail service on Monday, departing for the first time from a fee-based subscription model as it moves to compete with free, and increasingly large, e-mail accounts offered by the likes of Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. The unit of media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. said the service will provide users with two gigabytes of storage, along with protection against viruses and spam. The mail program is being marketed as an extension of the company's popular chat application, AOL Instant Messenger, and users of that program will be able to use their existing screen name for their e-mail address, the company said.Google's Gmail service currently gives users about 2.3 gigabytes of storage and is gradually raising that ceiling. Yahoo offers 1 gigabyte for free and Microsoft Corp.'s Hotmail allows 250 megabytes.The company also upped its offerings for paying subscribers to its traditional America Online e-mail, giving its nearly 80 million accounts unlimited storage space. AOL said it is the first online service to offer unlimited e-mail storage.The company also said it will allow multiple simultaneous log-ins for dial-up connections, an offering previously reserved for high-speed connections. The change allows members with different screen names, but on the same account, to log in at the same time from multiple locations.News Story Found Here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 OUCH! AOL is bringing it up a knotch eh?I still don't like AOL, but I'll get an email cause I feel like it Microsoft Corp.'s Hotmail allows 250 megabytes.M$ Sucks... LMAO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nerelda Posted June 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 I honestly don't even need the 1 and 2 gig mailboxes unless I need more space for backing up info on my computer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Thanks, Nerelda,Copy,Paste and emailing this info to the kids--with my measly "one-email-a-day-if-I'm-lucky" (....and I love getting mail! sigh.) those big accounts won't do me any good But the kids are sure to use it, especially since they already use AIM. And for backup stuff, I can make them do the work Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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