emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti) (04/18/91)
Archive-name: ftp/admin/ftp-site-count/0-- Original-posting-by: emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti) Original-subject: Re: Statistics Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) > Approximately: > How many anonymous-user-accepting ftp sites exist? Perhaps as many as a thousand. The collections vary widely in size, up to several gigabytes in some places, plus a few CD-ROMs mounted for good measure. Lower bounds on counts: 433 in my .netrc file 512 in my comp.archives "homeof" database 615 in archie (unix sites only) 779 in Jon Granrose's list. Measurements are tough; sites come and go, names change, one "site" may house several separate collections. anonymous-ftp-list pilot.njin.net:/pub/ftp-list/ftp.list archie: % telnet quiche.cs.mcgill.ca ** quiche is working its little CPU off with archie :-) If you can use it during off-peak hours (21:00 - 9:00 EDT (GMT -4)) you'll get better response times archie> help archie> list # lists all sites -- Msen Edward Vielmetti /|--- moderator, comp.archives emv@msen.com "With all of the attention and publicity focused on gigabit networks, not much notice has been given to small and largely unfunded research efforts which are studying innovative approaches for dealing with technical issues within the constraints of economic science." RFC 1216