Microsoft offers more storage on free Hotmail
SeattlePI | at | by Mike
Microsoft and two other providers of free e-mail are suddenly seeking to top one another in what was once considered an unlikely area for competition -- free online storage.
Microsoft will give 250 megabytes of free storage to Hotmail users, up from the current 2 megabytes. The company said it will begin phasing in the program this summer in multiple markets. There are 170 million Hotmail users worldwide.
Microsoft also said it will offer Hotmail users 2 gigabytes of storage for $19.95 per year under a new program called Hotmail Plus. That's up from the 10 megabytes of e-mail storage currently available for that price, the cheapest option under an existing program called Hotmail Extra Storage.