MSN Details MSN Premium and Plus Price Plans
Posted by Tom Warren on 22 November 2003 - 01:42 · 26 comments & 2334 views
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#1 Posted by attisb on 22 Nov 2003 - 04:34
- Also look at the new updated MSN homepages before they take them down. There are now two version narrowband and broadband. The links on the site do not work. The only links that work that I found are the connction speed switcher which is at the bottom of the page on the left.
http://www.msn-int.com
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#2 Posted by mipra on 22 Nov 2003 - 06:26
- Seems to nifty....I wouldnt get into it though
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#3 Posted by beatlesdb on 22 Nov 2003 - 08:01
- I still think that the services that they offer are much too expensive. They don't even over a pop account option. The software that they through in such as Spma and Virus check can be obtained on their own for next to nothing - and at least will protect your whole computer.
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#4 Posted by BGuillaume on 22 Nov 2003 - 09:34
- dont even include Radio Plmus whereas Radio@AOL i s in AOL Forr Broadband and of very good quality
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#5 Posted by BGuillaume on 22 Nov 2003 - 09:51
- from 100 MB in MSN 8 they intend to propose 30 mb in MSN Premium:
"Ample online storage
Get 30 MB of online storage so family and friends can easily view your
photos in a central place." (from http://join.msn-int.com)
Am I missing something or are they kidding me?
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#5.1 Posted by mreska on 22 Nov 2003 - 22:50
- Yes, You are mising something.........sorry. MSN NEVER gave 100 MB of stoarge, it was always 30MB. I have been a subscriber for years and it's always been 30MB.
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#5.2 Posted by plasticparadox on 23 Nov 2003 - 01:07
- http://help.msn.com/!data/en_us/data/hipne...Useful+Everyday
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#5.3 Posted by mipra on 23 Nov 2003 - 11:43
- dudidam..dudidam..I'm looking at something that's so pricey now
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#6 Posted by andrewfee on 22 Nov 2003 - 12:21
looks like I might be able to drop down to msn plus, and save some cash, plus does all I need/use.-
#6.1 Posted by Avenger on 22 Nov 2003 - 18:40
- I'm quite happy with MSN Plus thus far. It does everything I need it to. I don't need all those extras that come with Premium.
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#7 Posted by nezermundy on 22 Nov 2003 - 21:18
- Alongs hotmail is still free
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#7.1 Posted by plasticparadox on 23 Nov 2003 - 01:09
- Hotmail will always be free. But don't ever expect that size limit to expand beyond 2 MB.
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#7.2 Posted by mipra on 23 Nov 2003 - 11:44
- Dont believe in it. I am pretty sure they will change it to fee based one. USE POP3 for the safest..heh
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#7.3 Posted by plasticparadox on 23 Nov 2003 - 13:35
- I would be willing to bet money on it. Hotmail will always have a free version available. Microsoft has stated this before, and it makes business sense.
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#8 Posted by attisb on 24 Nov 2003 - 04:57
- Check out the MSN Video update under My MSN
http://my.msn-int.com/video/default.armx
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#9 Posted by ec4912 on 24 Nov 2003 - 13:14
- I thought I had read previously that secondary e-mail accounts would have 10 MB of storage. I always wondered how MSN would make that work, especially when I remove a secondary account from my "master" account. What if that person is using 5 MB of his storage, and I drop him off of MSN Premium, would MSN just delete the larger e-mails? Or maybe lock his account down until he cleared it out?
Since I don't see that mentioned anywhere on this international page, maybe they are just sticking to 2 MB for secondary accounts.
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#9.1 Posted by Avenger on 24 Nov 2003 - 20:09
- The int in MSN-int stand for Internal, not International. It isn't the MSN International site, it's the MSN Internal site.
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#10 Posted by BGuillaume on 24 Nov 2003 - 17:27
- What's gonna hurt will be that free account wont accet Outlook Express anymore....you 'll have to pay extrastorage
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#11 Posted by jhaygood86 on 25 Nov 2003 - 02:16
- Want to sign into the internal passport website? I just figured it out. Goto http://my.msn-int.com. Click "Get a Account". To make things easier, sign up using your existing passport information (ecspecially if you have MSN software). Voila! You can sign into www.passport-int.com powered websites, such as the internal msn website (www.msn-int.com)
On MSN's Internal site (msn-int.com) MSN have revealed the prices of MSN Plus and Premium which are expected to debut before christmas or after depending on when the software is finished.
MSN Premium (which will debut at $9.95/month) will contain basic features such as E-mail Virus Protection, Advanced Junk E-mail Filters, Pop-up Guard and image blocker. However, MSN Premium users will have exclusive access to the following:
MSN Plus will be a cut down version of the Premium software. Users will not be able to create Secondary E-mail Accounts and will have no Virus Guard/Firewall features. MSN Plus will be priced at $5.95/month. MSN Dial-up will include its own Accelerator which will allow you to view the web 5 times faster than normal dial-up. MSN Encarta Premium can be purchased as a stand alone feature for $4.95/month or $29.95/year.
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