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From: mike@turing.unm.edu (Michael I. Bushnell)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Usenet volume
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Date: 7 Dec 88 04:49:23 GMT
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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!