Pricing by timing: Innovating broadband data plans

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8282, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ha, Sangtae ^a   Joe Wong, Carlee ^b   Sen, Soumya ^a   Chiang, Mung ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B roadband pricing; Data plans; Network economics

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION; BROAD-BAND DATA; CONGESTION MANAGEMENT TOOLS; CONGESTION PRICING; CONSUMER SURVEY; DATA APPLICATION; DATA NETWORK; DATA PLANES; DATA TRAFFIC; FIELD TRIAL; FULLY INTEGRATED; HIGH BANDWIDTH; NETWORK ECONOMICS; PRICING SCHEME; SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION; TIME-DEPENDENT; TUBE SYSTEMS; WIRELESS INTERNET;

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION; COSTS; INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS; PROFITABILITY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84856711777     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.914462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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