Request for USENET info and feed

[Steve Wall]

I will be working for a small company in Marin County, California in the
near future and would like to stay connected to the USENET if possible.
I will be trying to convince my new boss that it is useful to be 
connected, but I need some information before I go to him. The questions
follow:

1) Is there a version of netnews or vnews (preferred!) that runs on a
   Data General MV4000 running the DG port of Sys V? I assume that
   there is already a Sys V version of {v,net}news out there. How do
   I get a copy? Does anyone happen to be running {v,net}news on
   a DG Sys V machine?

2) In general, how much disk space is required? We probably wouldn't keep
   articles for too long since there are < 20 people in the company. 

3) In general, how much does it cost to transfer articles via UUCP?

4) Is there anyone in Marin County that would route articles (and UUCP
   mail in general) to us? We could use a company/institution outside 
   our toll area (East Bay Area, San Francisco), but would like to avoid 
   that if possible. 

Thank you for any information and/or answers to the above questions.

Steve Wall
swall at ames-nas.ARPA