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There are several ways to get free web space. If you work at or attend a university, you may simply need to request an account. Check with the computing services department to see if web space is available. If you are already connected to the Net via an Internet Service Provider (ISP), a small amount of web space may come with your access package. Read your individual ISP's web page for information on serving HTML pages from customer accounts. If those avenues fail, you'll want to try one of the following sites: GeoCities, The Globe, Angelfire or Tripod. Each offers a moderate amount of free space. How
can the sites afford to give away hard-drive space? Well, no one really knows. The theory is that, by fostering a thriving community of online "homesteaders," the accumulated page views and repeat use will eventually become a marketable commodity. So far, it seems to be working. All of the aforementioned services have been chugging along for several years, providing more and more advanced page design and file transfer tools. Each of these sites sets you up with a user ID, password and file staging area, which you can visit and manipulate at your leisure. Remember though, before you sign up, make sure you know what you'd like to post to the Web. If you take too long to "move in," the sites will reclaim your space and give it to someone else. So in the end, it is free space, but you've
got to use it or lose it.
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