Hotmail upgrades services

In an effort to be more competitive with Google's fantastic Gmail service, Microsoft seems to be upgrading Hotmail in a few interesting ways (including 2GB of storage space)!

Here's the word on a few of their new upcoming upgrades:

Beginning this fall, MSN will increase free Hotmail account inbox storage by 125 times its current capacity to 250MB. Additionally, you will be able to send attachments up to 10MB.
In addition, free Hotmail customers will also receive MSN Calendar free, enabling both individual and shared calendaring with your storage upgrade.

It seems that in order to qualify for the 2GB of storage space you need to subscribe to MSN Hotmail Extra Storage plan (approximately $30 US/year).

You can check out more details here:

How do I get the MSN Hotmail storage upgrade?
MSN Hotmail Plus will launch this summer. However, if you signup for the MSN Hotmail Extra Storage — 10MB today, you will automatically be upgraded for no additional charge once it becomes available. Go to http://join.msn.com to sign-up.

What is MSN Hotmail Plus?
MSN Hotmail Plus is an upgrade from MSN Extra Storage that provides:

  • 2GB of Storage Space -- Get virtually infinite storage! With Hotmail Plus, you'll get 2 GB of online storage.
  • Send/Receive Attachments up to 20MB -- Easily share photo, audio or video files with double the attachment size of free Hotmail.
  • No Expiration -- With MSN Hotmail Plus, you will not have to re-register or logon every 30 days to keep the account active. MSN Hotmail Plus accounts don't expire if inactive.*
  • No Graphical Advertising -- Enjoy a more streamlined Web e-mail experience with no graphical ads.

Posted by peter on August 20, 2004 at 02:21 AM
Comments

My hotmail account is already at 250 MB. I've just been noticing lately that no one else's has been upgraded... Perhaps because my account is reeeeally old?

Posted by: Nathan Strutz at August 20, 2004 04:52 PM

I don't know what is wrong with my hotmail but it is not letting me check my e-mails. I would like this problem fixed as soon as possible as when my space runs out all my important e-mails taht are unchecked will be deleted. If this problem is not fixed and I lose buisness you will be hearing further complaints and will be held responsible for these defaults.
Thank you.

Posted by: Brittany at September 3, 2004 02:10 AM

please can u try and sort my account as i cannot check my emails it is important to me to do this!

Posted by: Lynn at September 14, 2004 10:56 AM

Hi

I cant seem to access to my own hotmail account. There is nothing wrong with my MSN and i can go online. But i can't check my emails.

HELP.

Posted by: Angelaa at September 18, 2004 04:51 AM