Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site looking.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!looking!brad From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: "FREE"dom of the net is costing over $600,000 this year Message-ID: <201@looking.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 00:00:00 EDT Article-I.D.: looking.201 Posted: Wed Oct 24 00:00:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 25-Oct-84 03:30:26 EDT Organization: Looking Glass Software, Waterloo, Ont Lines: 24 (reposted due to complaints of truncation) Here's an interesting figure: Netnews is now running around 500 K bytes per day, according to statistics from siesmo. With 1200 baud modems and 100 bytes/sec throughput, that's 83.3 minutes per day sending news. Now there are over 1000 links on the net, so it's fair to say there are probably 100 long distance or other paid carrier links. Let's also cost these links at the average after midnight cost of $0.20 per minute from AT&T. In fact, many of these links run in the day, and some are also running on cheaper carriers. But if these figures are near to target the net is costing $600,000 per year now, and probably more. Whose money? Your company's probably. Your employer who doesn't know he's paying the money because if you told him the net would get cut off. DEC. Allegra. (some of it just cycles within AT&T but that still costs by upping phone bills) Various places. Keep this in mind when you next talk about your RIGHT to post to the net. Think about it when you talk about fascism and the evil of moderators. When you defend Tim Maroney's RIGHT to post. Keep it in mind. -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473