A progressive analysis of Internet market: From best effort to quality of service

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 363-389

  Shin, SeungJae ^a   Weiss, Martin B H ^b   Correa, Hector ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Game theory; Internet QoS; Simulation; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; GAME THEORY; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FLAT RATE PRICING; INTERNET ACCESS PROVIDERS (IAP); SOCIAL WELFARE;

INTERNET;

EID: 2442474083     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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