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From: paul@moncam.co.uk (Paul Hudson)
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Subject: Re: Stats
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Date: 13 Jul 89 12:56:19 GMT
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In-reply-to: jpp@specialix.co.uk's message of 12 Jul 89 16:24:19 GMT

In article <1989Jul12.162419.5782@specialix.co.uk> jpp@specialix.co.uk (John Pettitt) writes:

	[ stuff leading to the conclusion that .. ]
						 USENET
   costs $25,598 a day to run. (about $10 million a year).

   This does not include unmapped sites, mail etc.

But this assumes all news comes via modem. Surely this is untrue for Internet sites?
(and Janet, and such).
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