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A User-Influenced Pricing Mechanism for Internet Access

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Network Economics for Next Generation Networks (ICQT 2009)

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Proper pricing schemes are vital components to the continuing success of the Internet. In this paper, we propose a new pricing scheme for Internet access called user-influenced pricing. Our main contribution is threefold: first, we show how user-influenced pricing can provide the ISP with calculable revenues, while giving the users a chance to lower their costs via voting for their preferred pricing scheme. Second, we develop a cooperative weighted voting game which models the decision-making process, and we derive equilibrium solutions to analyze possible outcomes of the vote. Third, we investigate the distribution of power and we show that users with medium generated traffic volume are pivotal to the outcome. Finally, we discuss the practical feasibility of the proposed mechanism regarding user population, revenue planning and charging.

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  1. High Speed Networks Laboratory Dept. of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

    Gergely Biczók & Tuan Anh Trinh

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  1. Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien, FTW,, Donau-City-Straße 1, 1220, Wien, Austria

    Peter Reichl

  2. Communication Systems Group, CSG, Department of Informatics, IFI, University of Zürich, UZH,, Binzmühlestrasse 14, 8050, Zürich, Switzerland

    Burkhard Stiller

  3. INRIA Rennes, Bretagne Atlantique, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France

    Bruno Tuffin

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Biczók, G., Trinh, T.A. (2009). A User-Influenced Pricing Mechanism for Internet Access. In: Reichl, P., Stiller, B., Tuffin, B. (eds) Network Economics for Next Generation Networks. ICQT 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5539. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01796-4_6

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