From: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 94 17:02:57 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: internet pricing paper
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Hope that this is new to everyone here--

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Paper: ewp-comp/9401001
From: Hal Varian <hal@alfred.econ.lsa.umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 94 14:58:07 -0500

Title:Some Economics of the Internet
Author:Jeffrey K.~MacKie-Mason Hal R. Varian
Institution: University of Michigan, Dept of Economics
WPA References: None
Comments: Postscript file submitted via ftp in compressed format.
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This is a preliminary version of a paper prepared for the
Tenth Michigan Public Utility Conference at Western Michigan
University March 25--27, 1992.  We describe the history, technology
and cost structure of the Internet.  We also describe a possible
smart-market mechanism for pricing traffic on the Internet.
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Paper: ewp-comp/9401002
From: Hal Varian <hal@alfred.econ.lsa.umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 94 15:00:22 -0500

Title:Pricing the Internet
Author:Jeffrey K.~MacKie-Mason Hal R. Varian
Institution: University of Michigan, Dept of Economics
WPA References: None
Comments: Postscript file submitted via ftp in compressed format.
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This paper was prepared for the conference ``Public Access
to the Internet,'' JFK School of Government, May 26--27 , 1993.  We
describe some of the technology and costs relevant to pricing access
to and usage of the Internet, and discuss the components of an
efficient pricing structure.  We suggest a possible smart-market
mechanism for pricing traffic on the Internet.
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The easiest way to locate these papers is to do a Veronica search on the
string "Economics of the Internet". If you can only handle ftp, the
documents are archived on the anonymous ftp server in the Department of
Economics at Washington University.

ftp:econwpa.wustl.edu:/econ-wp/comp/papers/9401

The two papers whose abstract appears above are in compressed postscript
form as,
 
9401001.ps.Z and 9401002.ps.Z