Forecasting the Internet
Understanding the Explosive Growth of Data Communications

Intends to provide research in the area of empirical Internet forecasting, demand analysis, pricing and planning. This book aims to educate the reader about how traditional analytic techniques can be used to access Internet growth and how new approaches can better address the pricing, planning and regulatory issues of Internet growth.

Industry personnel, regulators and policymakers are all looking to understand new services, new techniques, and new ways to succeed in an ever-changing environment. This book fills some of the void in research addressing these crucial problems.

List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. 1.
Introduction
D.G. Loomis. 2. Forecasting the Internet

L.D. Taylor. 3. The Demand for High-Speed Access to the
Internet
D. Kridel, et al. 4. What Drives Internet Demand
in the UK?
D. Cracknell, et al. 5. Forecasts for
Internet/Online Access
L. Vanston. 6. Forecasting the
Residential Data-Wave
A. Matthews. 7. QN Forecasting the
Demand for E-Commerce
M.R. Ward. 8. Internet Forecasting
and the Economics of Networks
G. Madden, G. Coble-Neal.
9. Bandwidth Forecasting: A Techno-Economic Approach
S.G.
Lanning. 10. The Increasing Importance of Broadband Services
and its Reflection in European Telecommunications Regulation
E.-O.
Ruhle. 11. The Internet: Market and Regulatory Conundrums

A. Banerjee, A. Ros. 12. U.S. Broadband Pricing and
Alternatives for Internet Service Providers
D. Loomis, J.
Wiedman. Index.