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Date: Mon, 9-Feb-87 17:13:27 EST
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2543.8      54     79.50 11.4%    11.4%     mod.sources (1.0)
   2  1560.6     104     48.77  7.0%    18.4%     net.sources (1.5)
   3  1361.8     315     42.56  6.1%    24.6%     comp.sys.atari.st (2.0)
   4   743.8     455     23.24  3.3%    27.9%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (1.9)
   5   618.0     431     19.31  2.8%    30.7%     soc.singles (2.6)
   6   617.4     291     19.29  2.8%    33.4%     soc.women (2.3)
   7   617.2     405     19.29  2.8%    36.2%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.5)
   8   592.8     299     18.53  2.7%    38.9%     comp.sys.amiga (1.7)
   9   511.1     230     15.97  2.3%    41.2%     talk.religion.misc (2.9)
  10   468.0     235     14.62  2.1%    43.3%     talk.politics.misc (2.8)
  11   450.5     224     14.08  2.0%    45.3%     rec.arts.comics (2.1)
  12   387.1     405     12.10  1.7%    47.0%     rec.humor (1.5)
  13   337.1     301     10.53  1.5%    48.5%     comp.sys.mac (1.4)
  14   336.0      14     10.50  1.5%    50.1%     mod.mac.binaries (14.0)
  15   323.4     292     10.11  1.5%    51.5%     rec.arts.movies (1.5)
  16   318.3     135      9.95  1.4%    52.9%     talk.origins (2.5)
  17   286.5     161      8.95  1.3%    54.2%     sci.med (1.9)
  18   284.7      96      8.90  1.3%    55.5%     talk.abortion (3.0)
  19   266.1     131      8.32  1.2%    56.7%     mod.music.gaffa (1.0)
  20   265.2     228      8.29  1.2%    57.9%     rec.aviation (1.9)
  21   258.8     158      8.09  1.2%    59.1%     sci.space (1.7)
  22   257.2      94      8.04  1.2%    60.2%     rec.ham-radio (1.6)
  23   254.0     186      7.94  1.1%    61.3%     talk.bizarre (1.5)
  24   244.1     182      7.63  1.1%    62.4%     rec.audio (1.4)
  25   234.0     202      7.31  1.1%    63.5%     rec.music.misc (1.6)

$ Cost is the cost of sending it over a 1200 baud, long distance, phone link
presuming $0.15 per minute and 800 baud effective throughput.