The Economics of the Internet Backbone
The Economics of the Internet Backbone
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互联网骨干网的经济学
DOI：
10.2139/ssrn.613581
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发表时间：
2005
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N. Economides
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作者：
N. Economides
本文讨论了互联网主干的经济问题。我讨论了互联网主干上的竞争以及相关的竞争政策问题。特别是，我展示了公共协议、进入的便利性、非常快的网络扩展、由同一因特网服务提供商(“isp”)连接到多个主干(isp多宿主)、以及由同一大型网站连接到多个isp(客户多归属)如何增强价格竞争，并使任何提供因特网主干连接的公司发现为了垄断因特网主干而降低或切断与其他主干的互连是非常有利可图的。
This paper discusses the economics of the Internet backbone. I discuss competition on the Internet backbone as well as relevant competition policy issues. In particular, I show how public protocols, ease of entry, very fast network expansion, connections by the same Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) to multiple backbones (ISP multi-homing), and connections by the same large web site to multiple ISPs (customer multi-homing) enhance price competition and make it very unlikely that any firm providing Internet backbone connectivity would find it profitable to degrade or sever interconnection with other backbones in an attempt to monopolize the Internet backbone.