Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!xenitec!edhew
From: edhew@xenitec.uucp (Ed Hew)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Signature files (LONG)
Summary: the 'NET is larger than you think
Message-ID: <1989Aug19.061355.13605@xenitec.uucp>
Date: 19 Aug 89 06:13:55 GMT
References: <15046@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <549@buster.UUCP>
Reply-To: edhew@xenitec.UUCP (Ed Hew)
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In article <549@buster.UUCP> rli@buster.UUCP (Buster Irby) writes:
>TB+ variety, that still means that one 10 line signature will
>cost the network a total of $2.20 (1000 sites * $0.0022).  How
>many of those do *you* think we should tolerate?

Your arithmetic is generous.  Methinks actual costs are higher.

>     800 char * 4200 sites = 3,360,000 bytes 
		 ^^^^
Seems a tad low in the number here.

Ummm, a wc on my paths file tells me:
  18590  37180 882235 /usr/lib/uucp/paths

Also let's not forget about the gatewayed or overseas networks:
internet, ARPANET, BITNET, DECNET, JAnet, FIDONET, EUnet.......
and others.  I've heard believable numbers in the vicinity of 32K
sites, >1meg users of late, and (judging by the news.volume annual
*almost* exponential annual increase) growing.

>U.S. SNAIL: Buster Irby                      usenet:   {buster,nuchat}!rli

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