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MediaMax To Change Name

April 19th, 2008 by Geaked

I was in the process of signing up over at MediaMax for their FREE 25GB of online storage, when I got the following error:

Insufficient system storage. The server response was: 4.3.1 Out of memory

(I actually feel like that some days.)

But after some poking around and landing on their blog, I see they are changing names to The Linkup.

From the MediaMax Blog:

Current non-paying users: If you are not currently a paying subscriber to MediaMax, you need to upgrade your account before April 25 to be included in the move. Otherwise, your account will be deleted and all your files will be lost.

So why the cryptic error message for new accounts at MediaMax? And why no heads up on their website? I’m sure they’ve contacted current users via email, but that doesn’t help new subscribers. Current “free” account users: if you’re not paying attention you’re going to lose all your files if you don’t migrate now.

4 Responses

Jaffer writes:
April 23rd, 2008 at 5:34 pm

Consider yourself lucky that you discovered it right on time !
For the time being, I’ll trust my handy 300GB physical usb drive.

You’ve got a new design eh ! And some nifty plugins. I’ll be busy exploring for a little while.

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Geakz writes:
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:21 pm

Hey Jaffer! The price of external hard drives has really come down
especially for the storage space available. I’m keeping my eye on them. I
*just* installed this design today. I change themes like some women change
shoes. Thanks for stopping by again. Let me know if you discover any
plugins you like.

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Dr. Mike Wendell writes:
April 30th, 2008 at 6:43 pm

I’m sure they’ve contacted current users via email

Not until 7 days before their change over date. I lost about 20 gigs of files since I live on a disability check, it was the end of the month and there was no way for me to upgrade.

Details here

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Geak writes:
April 30th, 2008 at 7:08 pm

Dr. Wendell – Thanks for weighing in. This was my suspicion when I was poking around their site. Thanks for the link with details. This kind of thing really seals the deal on my reasons for NOT storing files online.

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