Yahoo! Announces Unlimited Storage For All Users

Mar 28, 2007

Yahoo! users will get unlimited email storage from this May.

Punters already get 1GB but plunging costs of storage technology mean the company can now remove the upper limit. The company says most of its users don’t get anywhere near the upper storage limits anyway.

The offer is for personal, non-commercial use only - users will have to follow a fair-use policy. The company will consider extending the extension to other Yahoo! services like its photo hosting service Flickr.

The deal is worldwide but excludes China and Japan, according to Reuters. In the case of China, this should make it easier for Yahoo! to keep track of dissident’s email, should it want to.

The blog warns that “anti-abuse” measures will be put in place and that the roll-out will likely take some months.

Other email providers are expected to follow suit shortly.