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28 May 2010, 08:31 PM | #1 |
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FastMail storage increase?
I noticed this morning that the storage capacity of my free FastMail "Guest" account has been increased from 10MB to 25MB, but there is no announcement of this change on the homepage log of recent service changes or in the "What's New" blog. Even stranger, the description of service levels on the pre-signup "Learn More" page still shows the old capacity of 10MB. I'm glad they've done this, but isn't a bit odd that they did it without saying so and without posting the news anywhere? Was it maybe an unintended glitch of some sort? Have all the free accounts received storage bumps? How about the other service levels? Is it a good sign that they have made this generous gesture even though there will now be less incentive for free account holders to upgrade, or is the way it was done (with no announcement and no updating of the service grid) a sign of incipient sloppiness?
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28 May 2010, 08:44 PM | #2 |
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The ad-free account has also been increased from 50 to 100 mb.
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28 May 2010, 09:03 PM | #3 |
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And enhanced has gone up from 8gb to 10gb!
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28 May 2010, 10:01 PM | #4 |
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I have a member account (the one with one time fee) but did not get any storage increase.
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28 May 2010, 10:20 PM | #5 |
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The family accounts have increased too, the Lite 50 mb is now 200 mb, the Everyday 600 mb is now 800 mb and the Superior 6GB is now 8GB.
The pop-up menu in the family account where you can create or upgrade users has been changed to reflect the new sizes, so I guess that they are still playing catch up with the help screens. Last edited by apl : 28 May 2010 at 10:25 PM. Reason: Found out some more information |
28 May 2010, 10:42 PM | #6 |
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Full account allocation seems to have gone up from 8 to 10 GB.
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28 May 2010, 10:55 PM | #7 |
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I suppose that since the Member accounts are no longer available for new customers, they got overlooked by Opera. |
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28 May 2010, 11:49 PM | #9 |
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My Everyday account has not increased. Maybe they're in the midst of rolling it out?
Edit: Ignore me. I was looking at File storage for some bizarre reason. Sorry. Last edited by akorvemaker : 1 Jun 2010 at 03:19 AM. |
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In retrospect, it was an easy way of raising money I guess...... |
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29 May 2010, 01:43 AM | #11 |
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29 May 2010, 05:51 AM | #12 |
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10 GB, big deal. Who really needs 10GB of mail data? I want more file space Or let me use the 10GB the way I want and allocate it to my files.
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30 May 2010, 01:08 AM | #13 |
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Yeah, mail storage increases are nice, but I'm wondering if file storage limits will increase as well?
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30 May 2010, 01:49 AM | #14 |
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I am sure the only reason that Fastmail/Opera increased the Mail storage space was because it was a "gift" and they changed the pricing policy for added additional space to a yearly fee.
I would be surprised if file storage was increased by Fastmail/Opera without having to pay for it I would like to have the ability to allocate storage space between mail/file but doubt it will happen anytime soon David |
30 May 2010, 02:42 AM | #15 |
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About time. Using 700MB/8GB so I was getting worried :P
But any increase is good |
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