Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!turing.unm.edu!mike From: mike@turing.unm.edu (Michael I. Bushnell) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Usenet volume Message-ID: <2181@unmvax.unm.edu> Date: 7 Dec 88 04:49:23 GMT Sender: news@unmvax.unm.edu Reply-To: mike@turing.unm.edu Organization: University of No Money, Albuquerque, New Mexico Lines: 23 Every once in a while someone points out that usenet traffic has been growing exponentially since its inception. Then lots of people remark that it won't ever get that bad that sites actually *stop* getting news, and others announce the pending "crash" of the net as *everyone* (especially major hubs) drop news. Sigh. Ever heard of equilibrium folks? It will come to a point when new sites roughly balance old sites. I've never spoken to someone that didn't like news connectivity, so I don't see fragmentation as a possibility as long as we have at least as many sites as we do now. Sure, people will drop news due to large volume, but don't forget that the cause of this is all the new sites. It balances out in a nice equilibrium. -- Michael I. Bushnell \ This above all; to thine own self be true HASA - "A" division GIG! \ And it must follow, as the night the day, mike@turing.unm.edu /\ Thou canst not be false to any man. Numquam Gloria Deo / \ Farewell: my blessing season this in thee!