Forecasting the Internet | Understanding the Explosive Growth of Data Communications

L. D. Taylor (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1461352754 / ISBN 13: 9781461352754

Published by Springer US, 2012

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Forecasting the Internet | Understanding the Explosive Growth of Data Communications | L. D. Taylor (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | xv | Englisch | 2012 | Springer US | EAN 9781461352754 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Forecasting the Internet | Understanding the Explosive Growth of Data Communications
• Publisher: Springer US
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1461352754
• ISBN 13: 9781461352754
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 15D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 417 grams
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David O. Loomis Illinois State University The explosive growth of the Internet has caught most industry experts off guard. While data communications was expected to be the "wave of the future," few industry observers foresaw how rapid the change in focus from voice communications towards data would be. Understanding the data communications revolution has become an urgent priority for many in the telecommunications industry. Demand analysis and forecasting are critical tools to understanding these trends for both Internet access and Internet backbone service. Businesses have led residential customers in the demand for data services, but residential demand is currently increasing exponentiall y. Even as business demand for data communications is becoming better understood, residential broadband access demand is still largely unexplored. Cable modems and ADSL appear to be the current residential broadband choices yet demand elasticities and econometric model-based forecasts for these services are not currently available. The responsiveness of customers to price and income changes and customer's perceptions of the tradeoff in product characteristics between cable modems and ADSL is largely unknown. Demand for Internet access is derived from the demand for applications which utilize this access; access is not demanded independent of its usage. Thus it is important to understand Internet applications in order to understand the demand for access.