Subject: Top 25 News Groups by Kbytes for the last 2 weeks

          No. of        $ Cost  % of  Cumulative
Rank   Kbytes Articles per Site Total  % of Total  Group (Articles/contributor)
   1 389713.7   12037   1028.41 21.6%    21.6%     alt.binaries.pictures.* (3.8)
   2  75458.0    2216    199.13  4.2%    25.8%     alt.binaries.sounds.* (3.2)
   3  24449.6     697     64.52  1.4%    27.1%     news.answers (1.0)
   4  20042.5    8888     52.89  1.1%    28.2%     ncar.weather (2962.7)
   5  18599.8     538     49.08  1.0%    29.2%     alt.binaries.multimedia (2.5)
   6  12645.7    3726     33.37  0.7%    29.9%     alt.test (2.0)
   7  12089.6     472     31.90  0.7%    30.6%     de.alt.binaries.pictures.* (7.5)
   8   9137.3    4672     24.11  0.5%    31.1%     alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (5.8)
   9   8882.7    2660     23.44  0.5%    31.6%     rec.games.deckmaster.marketplace (3.5)
  10   8818.6     305     23.27  0.5%    32.1%     alt.binaries.doom (2.1)
  11   8346.5      97     22.03  0.5%    32.6%     bionet.molbio.genbank.updates (1.0)
  12   8308.9    4591     21.93  0.5%    33.0%     inet (1.7)
  13   8299.5     220     21.90  0.5%    33.5%     comp.answers (1.0)
  14   7956.8    5435     21.00  0.4%    33.9%     misc.jobs.offered (5.3)
  15   7904.4    4755     20.86  0.4%    34.4%     rec.games.deckmaster (3.7)
  16   7613.4     958     20.09  0.4%    34.8%     alt.sex.stories (1.8)
  17   7439.4     201     19.63  0.4%    35.2%     rec.answers (1.0)
  18   7125.8    3206     18.80  0.4%    35.6%     alt.politics.clinton (4.7)
  19   6921.3     195     18.26  0.4%    36.0%     alt.answers (1.0)
  20   6620.3    2734     17.47  0.4%    36.3%     talk.politics.misc (4.6)
  21   6604.4    3280     17.43  0.4%    36.7%     talk.politics.guns (4.3)
  22   6392.4    3023     16.87  0.4%    37.1%     alt.politics.libertarian (6.5)
  23   6005.0    1371     15.85  0.3%    37.4%     misc.jobs.resumes (1.3)
  24   5497.3    2522     14.51  0.3%    37.7%     soc.culture.indian (2.9)
  25   5442.9    3308     14.36  0.3%    38.0%     alt.atheism (4.8)

$ Cost is the cost of sending it over a Trailblazer to UUNET, using the 
800 number and Night rates. (1000 characters per second and $9.50 per hour)
I.e .264 cents per kilobyte