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Date: Mon, 13-Apr-87 16:08:44 EST
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         No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank  Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1  1323.4     101     41.36  5.6%     5.6%     net.sources (1.5)
   2  1233.8     713     38.56  5.2%    10.7%     soc.singles (2.9)
   3  1192.6      27     37.27  5.0%    15.7%     mod.mac.binaries (2.3)
   4   986.5     538     30.83  4.1%    19.9%     soc.women (3.0)
   5   878.5     435     27.45  3.7%    23.6%     comp.sys.amiga (2.6)
   6   853.6     290     26.68  3.6%    27.2%     comp.sys.atari.st (2.1)
   7   749.7     277     23.43  3.1%    30.3%     talk.religion.misc (3.4)
   8   704.6     325     22.02  3.0%    33.3%     talk.politics.misc (2.9)
   9   680.7     464     21.27  2.9%    36.1%     rec.arts.sf-lovers (1.9)
  10   659.5     337     20.61  2.8%    38.9%     comp.sys.ibm.pc (1.7)
  11   403.4     326     12.61  1.7%    40.6%     rec.music.misc (2.1)
  12   399.2     169     12.48  1.7%    42.3%     rec.ham-radio (1.7)
  13   388.5     221     12.14  1.6%    43.9%     rec.arts.comics (2.3)
  14   387.5      31     12.11  1.6%    45.5%     net.sources.games (1.6)
  15   385.5     268     12.05  1.6%    47.1%     rec.humor (1.6)
  16   380.2     257     11.88  1.6%    48.7%     rec.autos (1.7)
  17   377.0     273     11.78  1.6%    50.3%     rec.arts.startrek (1.9)
  18   357.2     236     11.16  1.5%    51.8%     comp.lang.c (1.7)
  19   336.4     324     10.51  1.4%    53.2%     rec.arts.tv (1.9)
  20   303.1     202      9.47  1.3%    54.5%     sci.med (1.5)
  21   297.6     135      9.30  1.2%    55.8%     soc.college (2.4)
  22   294.7     248      9.21  1.2%    57.0%     rec.music.gdead (2.3)
  23   294.2     169      9.20  1.2%    58.2%     comp.arch (1.6)
  24   280.7     148      8.77  1.2%    59.4%     mod.music.gaffa (1.0)
  25   259.1     259      8.10  1.1%    60.5%     comp.sys.mac (1.5)

$ 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.