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Subject: Top 25 News Groups for the last 2 weeks
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Date: Sun, 22-Mar-87 02:32:17 EST
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  2169.9      46     67.81 10.1%    10.1%     mod.sources (1.0)
   2   905.6      30     28.30  4.2%    14.3%     mod.mac.binaries (2.7)
   3   811.6     387     25.36  3.8%    18.1%     comp.sys.amiga (2.5)
   4   757.7     487     23.68  3.5%    21.6%     soc.singles (2.3)
   5   646.5     462     20.20  3.0%    24.6%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (1.9)
   6   642.0      58     20.06  3.0%    27.6%     net.sources (1.3)
   7   605.9     256     18.94  2.8%    30.4%     talk.religion.misc (2.9)
   8   541.7     386     16.93  2.5%    32.9%     comp.sys.atari.st (2.3)
   9   540.0     250     16.87  2.5%    35.4%     talk.politics.misc (2.6)
  10   476.0      10     14.88  2.2%    37.6%     mod.map (1.0)
  11   412.7     293     12.90  1.9%    39.5%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.5)
  12   379.4     271     11.86  1.8%    41.3%     rec.humor (1.4)
  13   371.2     254     11.60  1.7%    43.0%     soc.women (2.2)
  14   354.3     175     11.07  1.6%    44.7%     mod.computers.vax (1.3)
  15   336.0     266     10.50  1.6%    46.2%     rec.autos (1.8)
  16   335.6     188     10.49  1.6%    47.8%     rec.arts.comics (2.1)
  17   283.9     219      8.87  1.3%    49.1%     rec.music.misc (1.8)
  18   283.5     152      8.86  1.3%    50.4%     misc.kids (1.5)
  19   276.4     304      8.64  1.3%    51.7%     comp.sys.mac (1.6)
  20   268.0     224      8.38  1.2%    53.0%     rec.arts.movies (1.6)
  21   264.0     171      8.25  1.2%    54.2%     sci.med (1.5)
  22   261.9     140      8.18  1.2%    55.4%     sci.space (1.9)
  23   257.0     181      8.03  1.2%    56.6%     soc.culture.indian (2.1)
  24   254.7     194      7.96  1.2%    57.8%     rec.sport.basketball (2.2)
  25   253.2     157      7.91  1.2%    59.0%     misc.legal (1.3)

$ 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.