Forecasting the Internet Understanding the Explosive Growth of Data Communications

David O. Loomis Illinois State University The explosive growth of the Internet has caught most industry experts off guard. While data communications was expected to be the "wave of the future," few industry observers foresaw how rapid the change in focus from voice communications towards d...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Loomis, David G. (Editor), Taylor, L.D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
Series:Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Forecasting the Internet
  • 3. The Demand for High-Speed Access to the Internet
  • 4. What Drives Internet Demand in the UK?
  • 5. Forecasts for Internet/Online Access
  • 6. Forecasting the Residential Data-Wave
  • 7. On Forecasting the Demand for E-Commerce
  • 8. Internet Forecasting and the Economics of Networks
  • 9. Bandwidth Forecasting: A Techno-Economic Approach
  • 10.The Increasing Importance of Broadband Services and its Reflection in European Telecommunications Regulation
  • 11.The Internet: Market and Regulatory Conundrums
  • 12.U. S. Broadband Pricing and Alternatives for Internet Service Providers
  • Indes