USENET over TCP/IP?

[Frank W. Peters]

Hello,

     We are an internet only site (that is, not connected to the uucp
network).  We have recently become interested in obtaining a USENET
feed.  I understand that it is possible to do so over tcp/ip links.

     I have the following three questions:

(1)  How much resources in terms of disk space and/or cpu should we expect to
     allocate for a full USENET feed? Would it noticably degrade the
     performance of a Sun 4/260?  Would it require 100 meg of disk space?
     10 meg?  A gigabyte?

(2)  Where do I obtain the necessary programs?  I am assuming that they are
     public domain?

(3)  Where do I start in arranging the administrative details (such as
     getting someone to agree to send us the stuff)?  We are connected
     through SURAnet (part of NSFnet) if that makes a difference.

     Please reply to me directly if you have answers to any of the above 
questions.

                        Thank You
                        Frank Peters

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