{"id":336254,"date":"2010-02-18T15:06:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T20:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=100177"},"modified":"2010-02-18T15:06:08","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T20:06:08","slug":"comcast-gives-the-gift-of-storage-does-anyone-want-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/336254","title":{"rendered":"Comcast Gives the Gift of Storage: Does Anyone Want That?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/giftthumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  title=\"giftthumb\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/giftthumb.jpg?w=210&#038;h=140\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"140\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-100185\" \/><\/a>Like the aunt who always gave you underwear at Christmas, Comcast is offering an <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.comcast.com\/2010\/02\/secure-backup-share-sharing-your-memories-and-keeping-them-safe.html\">unwanted (although useful) service<\/a> for customers. It&#8217;s giving its users access to automatic online storage through a partnership with Mozy. Qwest and Verizon also have a similar online backup services, but it&#8217;s not clear how many consumers want a storage service from their ISP.<\/p>\n<p>Like ISP email addresses, how many people really will use such a service on a regular basis? Based on an <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/01\/20\/take-our-poll-what-perks-do-you-want-from-your-broadband-provider\/\">admittedly unscientific poll of our readers<\/a> a month ago, only 10 percent of readers wanted storage services from their ISP. Here is Comcast&#8217;s pricing for backup:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 GB free with broadband subscription<\/li>\n<li>50 GB for $4.99 a month or $49.99 per year<\/li>\n<li>200 GB for$9.99 a month or $99.99 per year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Comcast helpfully tells people that with 2 GB of storage, a person could store one of the following: 200 high-resolution photos, 480 music files, one standard definition movie file or 10,000 average MS Word documents. Readers, what&#8217;s your take?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related GigaOM Pro content (sub req&#8217;d)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2010\/01\/who-owns-your-data-in-the-cloud\/\">Who Owns Your Data in the Cloud?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar host = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ? \"https:\/\/secure.\" : \"http:\/\/\");document.write(unescape(\"%3Cscript src='\" + host + \"wufoo.com\/scripts\/embed\/form.js' type='text\/javascript'%3E%3C\/script%3E\"));\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n var r7w6w3 = new WufooForm(); r7w6w3.initialize({ 'userName':'gigaom', 'formHash':'r7w6w3', 'autoResize':true, 'height':'637', 'ssl':true}); r7w6w3.display();\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/65535502@N00\/4240686102\/\">Flickr User MarcinMoga<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/100177\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/100177\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/100177\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/100177\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/100177\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/100177\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/100177\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/100177\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/100177\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/100177\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=1149864&#038;post=100177&#038;subd=gigaom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/>\n\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=rJQNURomVMs:nzMEkhUS8RU:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=rJQNURomVMs:nzMEkhUS8RU:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=rJQNURomVMs:nzMEkhUS8RU:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=rJQNURomVMs:nzMEkhUS8RU:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=rJQNURomVMs:nzMEkhUS8RU:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=rJQNURomVMs:nzMEkhUS8RU:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=rJQNURomVMs:nzMEkhUS8RU:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=rJQNURomVMs:nzMEkhUS8RU:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/rJQNURomVMs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like the aunt who always gave you underwear at Christmas, Comcast is offering an unwanted (although useful) service for customers. 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