How much room do I have for my personal web pages?

Solution:

Along with your BuffNET Dial-up access and email account, you are provided 5 MB (MegaBytes) of storage for your personal web pages.

To get an idea of how much information you can cram into 5 MBs of space...

Item Type	Approx Average File Size	Total
Individual Web Pages Your text information, links, pointers and HTML codes to show off the rest of the content listed below	7 KB (assume 5 pages total)	35 KB
Banner Sized Picture Size: 468 x 60 Type: animated GIF	9 KB (assume 5 pictures total)	45 KB
Scanned 35mm Picture Size: 480 * 327 Res: 120 dpi (should be 72) Color: 24 bit	71 KB (assume 5 pictures total)	355 KB
Thumbnails of 35mm Pictures Size: 100 * 68 Res: 120 dpi (should be 72) Color: 24 bit	4 KB (assume 5 pictures total)	20 KB
TOTAL OF SAMPLE		455 KB 0.46 MB

In this example webpage the builder is STILL well under 1 MB with a good sized personal website. If additional information was added in, such as video and sound, the overall used size begins to climb quickly. In the case of the scanned pictures, they should be scanned at 72 dpi, not 120 as in this sample. With a smaller dpi number, the files sizes come down even further, leaving you moor room to work with.

Generally speaking you can post any non-commercial personal information you'd like, so long as you follow buffNET's Acceptable Use Policy as written out in your signup agreement.