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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: 22 Nov 89 23:30:08 GMT
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2317.3      91      5.79  2.3%     2.3%     comp.mail.maps (1.0)
   2  2001.7     590      5.00  2.0%     4.3%     comp.os.vms (2.0)
   3  1913.7      33      4.78  1.9%     6.3%     comp.sources.amiga (1.0)
   4  1848.4    1163      4.62  1.9%     8.1%     rec.arts.comics (4.2)
   5  1847.0     921      4.62  1.9%    10.0%     talk.politics.misc (3.8)
   6  1599.4     702      4.00  1.6%    11.6%     soc.culture.china (2.6)
   7  1554.3     718      3.89  1.6%    13.2%     talk.religion.misc (5.1)
   8  1387.4     546      3.47  1.4%    14.6%     rec.games.frp (2.4)
   9  1358.6      32      3.40  1.4%    15.9%     comp.binaries.ibm.pc (1.0)
  10  1314.4     947      3.29  1.3%    17.3%     rec.music.misc (2.2)
  11  1298.9     702      3.25  1.3%    18.6%     alt.sex (2.0)
  12  1268.4     816      3.17  1.3%    19.9%     rec.sport.football (3.0)
  13  1249.4      34      3.12  1.3%    21.1%     comp.binaries.mac (1.0)
  14  1198.0      21      2.99  1.2%    22.3%     comp.binaries.amiga (1.0)
  15  1172.5     959      2.93  1.2%    23.5%     rec.arts.startrek (2.6)
  16  1114.8     968      2.79  1.1%    24.6%     comp.sys.amiga (2.2)
  17  1071.9     618      2.68  1.1%    25.7%     soc.culture.indian (2.0)
  18  1070.7     428      2.68  1.1%    26.8%     talk.abortion (5.9)
  19  1060.5     797      2.65  1.1%    27.8%     news.groups (3.0)
  20  1056.9     656      2.64  1.1%    28.9%     rec.humor (1.8)
  21   986.4     764      2.47  1.0%    29.9%     rec.autos (2.5)
  22   965.2      36      2.41  1.0%    30.9%     comp.binaries.apple2 (4.5)
  23   962.4     941      2.41  1.0%    31.8%     comp.sys.mac (1.8)
  24   867.9     694      2.17  0.9%    32.7%     alt.flame (4.6)
  25   821.9     292      2.05  0.8%    33.5%     clari.news.gov.international (1.0)

$ Cost is the cost of sending it over a Trailblazer to UUNET, using the 
800 number and Night rates. (1000 characters per second and $9 per hour)
I.e .25 cents per kilobyte