From the early 2000s, I made about 15 different websites using that free web space. (You got 100MB and free customer support if it was a subscription account, I had a few of these also) To get support on the free accounts you had to phone a premium number)
They were still up and running up until last October (although lots of code was redundant and didn’t work anymore) HTML 1, DHTML, PHP, but EIR decided to delete all of them. If you went to your homepage.eircom.net/~User-Name/ you were told to download your site before it gets wiped, for good.
I also remember about 15+ years ago, when you went to log-in, you were asked to reset your password because of some security issue. . . But you needed to ring a premium Eircom number to get that fixed.
I’m happy AF my stuff got deleted as it was top of Google if you searched for me. 😉
BaconWithBaking on
20MB is more than enough to hold a website with some personal details and a few pictures. Definetly missing on the modern web where I’m paying 50 quid a year for a domain and a bit of server space.
momalloyd on
It’s room enough for all your PDF and GIF.
FriendshipIll1681 on
I remember (yes I am old) when Hotmail limited you to 5mb of storage and you’d never get close to it. When I was an Exchange admin I limited the max size of an email to 1.4mb, if it didn’t fit on a floppy disk why would you email it?
MickeyBubbles on
TheWatchers666 on
And the hassle setting this up on Windows 2000, XP just to get into Yahoo chat rooms 😋
jtbfii on
Hey that’s over 14 floppy disks worth!
RedPandaDan on
I remember my dad and I would set Naptster downloading songs, and then set alarms so one of us would get up to switch off the dialup before it hit 8AM (It was 1 cent per minute off peak, but 4 cent during peak hours!)
It would be wrong to say the internet we have today is better than the one we had back then, no one knew what they were doing, so everyone was trying weird things and some of it was truly amazing. Alas, it was not something the big tech companies could monetize so got sidelined.
TheYoungWan on
What’s this “free content” you offer?
GammyPoly on
I was so clueless (not owning a PC at the time) that I thought the ‘whole internet’ was on a disc.
houseswappa on
I very vividly remember the feeling of that cd ROM case, it was shiny.
Never did make a website tho, had nothing to say
MCMcFlyyy on
Had a few websites I made on Geocities in mid-to-late 90s. Music, bells, alerts, Imbedded linkeable Macromedia Flash buttons for navigation, golden age of real curiosity for me and carries on today.
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They look so happy about it. And so excited for the bright future ahead…
I actually miss that part of the old internet the days of personal web sites the likes of [Eircom.net](http://Eircom.net) and Yahoo Geocities
https://i.redd.it/my13gfp0ft9g1.gif
I remember when Esat IOL No Limits was No Limits!
From the early 2000s, I made about 15 different websites using that free web space. (You got 100MB and free customer support if it was a subscription account, I had a few of these also) To get support on the free accounts you had to phone a premium number)
They were still up and running up until last October (although lots of code was redundant and didn’t work anymore) HTML 1, DHTML, PHP, but EIR decided to delete all of them. If you went to your homepage.eircom.net/~User-Name/ you were told to download your site before it gets wiped, for good.
I also remember about 15+ years ago, when you went to log-in, you were asked to reset your password because of some security issue. . . But you needed to ring a premium Eircom number to get that fixed.
I’m happy AF my stuff got deleted as it was top of Google if you searched for me. 😉
20MB is more than enough to hold a website with some personal details and a few pictures. Definetly missing on the modern web where I’m paying 50 quid a year for a domain and a bit of server space.
It’s room enough for all your PDF and GIF.
I remember (yes I am old) when Hotmail limited you to 5mb of storage and you’d never get close to it. When I was an Exchange admin I limited the max size of an email to 1.4mb, if it didn’t fit on a floppy disk why would you email it?
And the hassle setting this up on Windows 2000, XP just to get into Yahoo chat rooms 😋
Hey that’s over 14 floppy disks worth!
I remember my dad and I would set Naptster downloading songs, and then set alarms so one of us would get up to switch off the dialup before it hit 8AM (It was 1 cent per minute off peak, but 4 cent during peak hours!)
It would be wrong to say the internet we have today is better than the one we had back then, no one knew what they were doing, so everyone was trying weird things and some of it was truly amazing. Alas, it was not something the big tech companies could monetize so got sidelined.
What’s this “free content” you offer?
I was so clueless (not owning a PC at the time) that I thought the ‘whole internet’ was on a disc.
I very vividly remember the feeling of that cd ROM case, it was shiny.
Never did make a website tho, had nothing to say
Had a few websites I made on Geocities in mid-to-late 90s. Music, bells, alerts, Imbedded linkeable Macromedia Flash buttons for navigation, golden age of real curiosity for me and carries on today.
Floppy disks still haunt me, though