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 491023.9   14891   1295.76 23.4%    23.4%     alt.binaries.pictures.* (4.3)
   2 125788.9    3074    331.94  6.0%    29.4%     alt.binaries.sounds.* (4.6)
   3  40198.9     660    106.08  1.9%    31.3%     alt.binaries.multimedia (3.6)
   4  23979.1     752     63.28  1.1%    32.4%     news.answers (1.0)
   5  20405.6    7666     53.85  1.0%    33.4%     ncar.weather (7666.0)
   6  19089.4    1975     50.37  0.9%    34.3%     alt.sex.stories (3.2)
   7  14180.6     388     37.42  0.7%    35.0%     de.alt.binaries.pictures.* (6.8)
   8  11563.9    3323     30.52  0.6%    35.5%     rec.games.deckmaster.marketplace (4.4)
   9   9108.6     187     24.04  0.4%    36.0%     alt.sex.pictures.male (11.0)
  10   8874.7    5380     23.42  0.4%    36.4%     inet (2.0)
  11   8809.4    4049     23.25  0.4%    36.8%     alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (5.1)
  12   8532.3     241     22.52  0.4%    37.2%     comp.answers (1.0)
  13   8074.9    4531     21.31  0.4%    37.6%     rec.games.deckmaster (3.9)
  14   7951.3    3821     20.98  0.4%    38.0%     talk.politics.guns (4.5)
  15   7867.3    4670     20.76  0.4%    38.3%     cbd.procurements (1.0)
  16   7844.3     160     20.70  0.4%    38.7%     fj.binaries.msdos (1.0)
  17   7035.9    2895     18.57  0.3%    39.1%     alt.politics.clinton (4.8)
  18   6698.6     216     17.68  0.3%    39.4%     alt.answers (1.0)
  19   6692.2    3227     17.66  0.3%    39.7%     alt.politics.libertarian (7.8)
  20   6594.0    4030     17.40  0.3%    40.0%     alt.atheism (6.3)
  21   6557.3    4616     17.30  0.3%    40.3%     misc.jobs.offered (5.4)
  22   6545.8     331     17.27  0.3%    40.6%     alt.binaries.doom (2.2)
  23   6535.9     218     17.25  0.3%    40.9%     rec.answers (1.0)
  24   6106.8     110     16.12  0.3%    41.2%     alt.binaries.misc (2.5)
  25   5961.7    2581     15.73  0.3%    41.5%     talk.politics.misc (4.1)

$ 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