I have written many times (see http://goo.gl/784ew) about Mozy, the online backup service. I have always been a big fan of Mozy. Now the company is announcing changes to its pricing model. Amongst the several changes being announced, customers of the MozyHome service will no longer be able to choose unlimited storage plans.
"Consumers have the capacity to generate more data than was ever possible when these unlimited plans came out," said the company's vice president of product marketing, Russ Stockdale. "Very large users of these types of media can generate multiple terabytes. But three out of four users still fit comfortably within 50 gigabytes."
Because of these trends, Mozy has raised its monthly charge for the base account to $5.99 from $4.99, and capped it at 50GB. Another plan costing $9.99 a month recognizes that households now often have more than one computer, and raises the limit to 125GB for up to three computers.
Mozy has raised its monthly charge for the base account to $5.99 from $4.99, and capped it at 50GB. Another plan costing $9.99 a month recognizes that households now often have more than one computer, and raises the limit to 125GB for up to three computers.
You can read more at http://mozy.com/
My thanks to Roger Moffat for telling me about these changes.
You might want to read my review of Backblaze, a competitor to Mozy, at http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/05/backblaze-a-better-online-backup-system.html
