GMail: 42GB Free Storage by 2038

Google has confirmed that it will increase the storage space rapidly by increasing the counter speed from now on. The storage space will increase by 4.2GB by October 23, 6GB by January 4, 2008, 42GB by 2038 and 2.70266701 x 1072 TB by 3456.

If you use Gmail, the first page usually tells you how much your file size is and how much it is increasing with a counter. For example if you visit Gmail, it will show the following: "Over 2928.615587 megabytes (and counting) of free storage so you'll never need to delete another message." While the free storage is increasing at a high speed, the premium versions of Google storage will also see increase in their storage space. A $20 value gives 6GB storage now, but it will be increased to 10GB. For $75 it will be 40GB, $250 per year it will be 150GB, $500 per year for 400GB. With this storage space, the user can save photos, e-mails and other files. Google started increasing their storage space from 1GB with “Infinity+1” storage plan, where the counter will keep on increasing forever with the main idea of giving more space for users. The counter was not progressing faster, so Google tinkered the code and made it faster as shown in the chart below: The first line is the code for the year, the second is for the file size, which translates to 4.2GB by October 23, 6GB by January 4, 2008, 42GB by 2038 and 2.70266701 x 1072 TB by 3456. Also, businesses and schools using Google Apps (free and Premium versions) will also see an increase in storage space. Free versions will have increased counter speed just like the general public, while the Premier Edition version will increase its space to 25GB from 10GB. Yahoo has unlimited storage space, but doesn’t have the flexibility of Google. It is good news, but Google should increase it more now not in the year 3,456 when we are not around.