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IIRC it was originally a shared web host. I think they also had a gimmicky lifetime subscription if you pre-paid for a year's worth of service.

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The lifetime subscription was designed to fund TextDrive as a nascent company.

http://photodude.com/2004/06/01/textdrive-or-how-to-raise-40...

Thank you for posting that link, it adds a lot more depth to this story -- Anyone not familiar with the TextDrive lifetime subscription needs to read this.

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