Internet Economics.

Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Internet Economics -- An Introduction to Internet Economics -- The Economics of he Internet -- Economic FAQs About the Internet -- The Economics of ayered Networks -- Internet Pricing in Practice -- FlatVThe Minimalist Price -- Interconnection and Multicast Economics -- Internet Cost Str ctures and Interconnection Agreements -- The Economics of nternet Interconnection Agreements -- Sharing Multicast Costs -- Usage Sensitive Pricing -- Internet Cost Allocation and Pricing -- Charging and Accounting for Bursty Connections -- Responsive Pricing in the Internet -- User Control and IP Allocation -- Priority Pricing of Integrated Services Networks -- Optimal Pricing for Integrated Services Networks -- Internet Commerce -- Internet Services: A Market for Bandwidth or Communication? -- Internet Payment Serv ces -- EndorsementsC LicensingC and Insurance for Distributed Services -- Information Security for Internet Commer e -- Internet Economics and Policy -- The Economic Efªciency of Internet Public Goods -- Internet Pricing: A egulatory Imperative -- Acronyms -- Contributors -- Index.