6 Demand for Quality of Service on the Internet

Demand for Quality of Service on the Internet By Jörn Altmann, UC Berkeley The INternet Demand EXperiment Project (INDEX) is a field trial investigating the structure of user demand for qualitydifferentiated Internet access. Demand can be measured in terms of bandwidth, transmitted bytes and connect time, as a function of price and application. Several experiments have been conducted, each running between six to eight weeks. Each experiment is defined by a different pricing scheme for accessing the Internet. Pricing schemes will range from flat rate pricing to detailed usage-based pricing.