Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!nrl-cmf!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu!karl From: karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: The public's network of the future Message-ID: Date: 13 Dec 88 22:04:38 GMT References: <255@ultb.UUCP> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: OSU Lines: 12 In-reply-to: jdb9608@ultb.UUCP's message of 13 Dec 88 19:02:41 GMT jdb9608@ultb.UUCP (J.D. Beutel ) writes: The volume of data carried on Usenet doubled, from 2 mb/day to 4 mb/day, last year. I wonder where it's all heading. I'd like to hear some informed speculation. Wha'd ya think? There's a 3B2/400 in my basement that has 140Mbytes of disc and a modem on it. I pay my own electric and phone bills. As long as that situation continues, that machine can get a full newsfeed. The volume would have to more than octuple before I would be concerned. That gives me a minimum of 3 years before I even get nervous - and by then I'll have some higher-capacity hardware to accommodate it. --Karl