Do three-part tariffs improve efficiency in residential broadband networks?
| Autor: | John L. Turner, Jacob Malone, Jonathan W. Williams |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Service (business)
Economics and Econometrics Gigabyte Broadband networks business.industry Communication media_common.quotation_subject Tariff Library and Information Sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Usage data Management Information Systems Internet service provider Broadband Business Telecommunications Welfare Information Systems media_common |
| Zdroj: | Telecommunications Policy. 38:1035-1045 |
| ISSN: | 0308-5961 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.telpol.2014.06.004 |
| Popis: | We analyze subscriber usage data from an Internet Service Provider that sells service using three-part tariff and unlimited plans. Subscribers facing three-part tariffs have lower average usage than subscribers on unlimited plans, and differences among heavy users explain nearly all the overall difference. Hence, the three-part tariff saves network costs and narrows the gap, between light and heavy users, in price per Gigabyte used. However, subscribers facing three-part tariffs cut usage similarly during peak and off-peak hours. Since off-peak usage adds no network costs, these off-peak usage reductions lower welfare. Differentially pricing peak usage could further enhance efficiency. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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