# free webspace for prototype professional site?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-webspace-for-prototype-professional-site/135393>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 5, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-webspace-for-prototype-professional-site/135393 "2002-11-05T17:01:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-webspace-for-prototype-professional-site/135393/1 "2002-11-05T17:01:02Z")

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I’m developing a small business-related site whose role will be partly advertising of available services and partly educational. No direct selling would be involved.

I’d like to find a webspace provider with “free” services so that I could upload the site on a trial basis, with the idea of paying a monthly fee somewhere down the line once the bugs are out.

For the time being, I’m looking for at least 10MB, banner ad(s) rather than pop-ups, and FrontPage compatibility (plus, hopefully, FrontPage extensions). Ads should _not_ be for things like mini-telescopes to spy on your neighbors or Freddy’s Porn Shack.  
Ideas?

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-webspace-for-prototype-professional-site/135393/2 "2002-11-05T18:38:38Z")

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Here’s the only free provider I could find with a quick search on google :

[http://free.prohosting.com/](http://free.prohosting.com/)

20mb. 1 ftp. FrontPage extensions would be pushing it.

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-webspace-for-prototype-professional-site/135393/3 "2002-11-05T18:41:14Z")

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Here’s another free one with cgi-bin access:

[http://www.netfirms.com/](http://www.netfirms.com/)