We are about six weeks away from the retirement of the NSFNET backbone service. In looking at the traffic statistics for the various access points to the NSFNET service, most ENSSes have seen a reduction in traffic into the backbone, but there is still a significant amount of traffic which still traverses the NSFNET. Merit has posted a histogram on nic.merit.edu:/nsfnet/statistics/ top10.transition.ps which shows the number of packets into the nodes of the backbone in the last 6 months (Sept'94 to Feb'95). The 10 nodes which are shown on this graph are the top 10 originators of traffic into the backbone in February 1995. If you are attached to one of the nodes highlighted on our graph, please be aware that these attachments to the NSFNET Backbone Service will be retired as of April 30, 1995. More detailed information about the packets and bytes on the NSFNET Backbone Service can be found on nic.merit.edu:/nsfnet/statistics/*. --Elise