A friend of mine, and also a trusty Hotmail user (no idea why), just noticed that his account got upgraded to 1GB of storage. I checked mine out as well and I’ve got it, too! Boy am I excited. I finally have enough room to store 3 to 4 days worth of spam that I receive at my Hotmail account!
It has been awhile since I checked into my “trusty” Hotmail and when I did the first thing that I noticed was the green bar near the Hotmail logo. It was giving me the opportunity to join Windows Live Mail Beta which is something you have to be invited to join. Why is that a big deal? Because my Hotmail account finally got upgraded to 1GB but if I update to Live Mail then I’ll receive 2GB of storage! Something doesn’t seem right there.
Those of you who got the Live.com email addresses the other day also have nothing to worry about as “javasharp” pointed out in the comments. Microsoft decided to let it slide this time but they are watching for accounts that were created for spam purposes. If you are yet to use the Live.com service I will be the first to say that it is 100% better than Hotmail but I still have all kinds of troubles using it in Firefox. Doesn’t look like anything will be pulling me away from my Gmail account. 
This news seems to be spreading… the result is here
I am in the hotmail beta program is it is MUCH better than normal hotmail. I have been using it for a few months, and with the old hotmail I used to get tons of spam, but now it is mabey 2-3 a day, and it is usually strait in the spam folder and not in the in box.
Had [techtites.com] about this when the official announcement was out.
I am on Windows Live Mail Beta, so its 2GB for me
That URL doesn’t seem to be working. The date on that is several days ago but I just looked around and several sources say that it just happened last night?
I been using Windows Live Mail since Early December 05. And it haves 2gbs is always a plus also i never really get junk on my e-mail at all.
I noticed the live@com e-mail does not play well with Firefox, but I got it opened up in an IE Tab.
Well I have 2GB for both. Guess because I am a butterfly.
How long has GMail had 2 GB? Hoy long? (It’s been a while.) Nowadays, 1 GB is not enough. GMail, Live, and Yahoo all have 2 GB at least now. Maybe MS is trying to kill of Hotmail so that everyone will use Live. After all, it is their “top priority”.