3.2 Historic growth rates

      MM/YY     ROUTES                        MM/YY     ROUTES
                ADVERTISED                              ADVERTISED
      ------------------------                -----------------------
      Dec-92    8561                          Sep-90    1988
      Nov-92    7854                          Aug-90    1894
      Oct-92    7354                          Jul-90    1727
      Sep-92    6640                          Jun-90    1639
      Aug-92    6385                          May-90    1580
      Jul-92    6031                          Apr-90    1525
      Jun-92    5739                          Mar-90    1038
      May-92    5515                          Feb-90    997
      Apr-92    5291                          Jan-90    927
      Mar-92    4976                          Dec-89    897
      Feb-92    4740                          Nov-89    837
      Jan-92    4526                          Oct-89    809
      Dec-91    4305                          Sep-89    745
      Nov-91    3751                          Aug-89    650
      Oct-91    3556                          Jul-89    603
      Sep-91    3389                          Jun-89    564
      Aug-91    3258                          May-89    516
      Jul-91    3086                          Apr-89    467
      Jun-91    2982                          Mar-89    410
      May-91    2763                          Feb-89    384
      Apr-91    2622                          Jan-89    346
      Mar-91    2501                          Dec-88    334
      Feb-91    2417                          Nov-88    313
      Jan-91    2338                          Oct-88    291
      Dec-90    2190                          Sep-88    244
      Nov-90    2125                          Aug-88    217
      Oct-90    2063                          Jul-88    173

            Table I : Growth in routing table size, total numbers
                      Source for the routing table size data is MERIT