Free web space?

[fow99]

Hi all,

I used to use Geocity for putting up my webpage. But this morning I just got a mail from them saying that they no longer provide free service. Is there any good equivalent I can turn to?

Thanks,

 

[fow99]

Anyone?

 

[Workin']

Doesn't your ISP give you any web space?

 

[noload]

try Tripod, I've had my site with them for years (probably not for much longer though).

Geocities is closing? That sucks, I had a side site with them.

 

[NeoMadHatter]

wow. didn't know geocities was closing free service. aren't they part of yahoo too? i've used crosswinds.net before. they were good back then. now i think they suck.

 

[btvillarin]

What? I didn't get any notification of that. My site's still up. Plus, go to http://geocities.yahoo.com/ and look at the left frame that says "Sign up for a free web site". That's really interesting...

 

[fow99]

<< What? I didn't get any notification of that. My site's still up. Plus, go to http://geocities.yahoo.com/ and look at the left frame that says "Sign up for a free web site". That's really interesting... >>



Thanks guys. And sorry to geocity coz I read the e-mail so quickly that I missed the point. They actually said that FTP update is not free anymore.

 

[telstar1]

If you can't update via FTP, how are you supposed to update your site?
Like inbound traffic is really their problem ... It's got to be a fraction of what their outbound bandwith uses are.

 

[btvillarin]

What!?! No way!!! I didn't get anything from them saying that! Aw, that bites. How am I supposed to update my site? Time to go hunting for a really, really cheap web server provider.

 

[btvillarin]

Well, I just logged into my FTP account. It looks free to me so far. I find all this very interesting. Can you quote the exact email? I'm updating my site just fine, too. (See below)

Anyways, keep using your account. Since I'm certain you have it on your hard drive, and not just all on Geocities, if it ever stops being free, you can always switch it somewhere else, worry-free.

Later...
Bryan

 

[BCYL]

Yeah geocities is stopping their FTP upload service... so from now on you will have to logon to their website and upload files...

I got an e-mail from them a couple of days ago as well...

 

[fow99]

<< Well, I just logged into my FTP account. It looks free to me so far. I find all this very interesting. Can you quote the exact email? >>



Here you go:



<<
Your FTP Service

Beginning April 2, 2002, we will no longer provide FTP access as part of our free home page service.

Please note that Premium Members will not be affected by this change in service. Free members interested in continuing their FTP service are encouraged to consider our premium packages. All packages include FTP access, remote loading of images, ad- free pages, and much more. Packages start at just $4.95/month (plus a one-time setup fee).

If you decide not to upgrade your GeoCities web site, you can still upload files using the Easy Upload tool which is accessible within File Manager.

For additional help and information about GeoCities, visit our help pages at http:/ /help.yahoo.com/help/us/geo/.

Thank you for using GeoCities,

The Yahoo! GeoCities Team >>



I tried the 'file manager' tingie. It is fine but I don't like updating my site with it. I'd rather use it as a flow reporter or sth.

 

[TheCorm]

As a side note, I have had sites hosted on both geocities and tripod before and when I changed to a dedicated paid host, it pretty much tripled the speed of access to my site via my friends 56k modem.