There will be a range of services available, and … the user will be able to select among these classes, with pricing set accordingly.
Predictor: Clark, David D.
Prediction, in context:David D. Clark stated the following in a presentation at the MIT workshop on Internet Economics in March 1995: ”… There will be a range of services available, and … the user will be able to select among these classes, with pricing set accordingly. Thus, the discussion of pricing is placed in the context of what the offered service actually is. This point may seem obvious, but in fact the service provided by the Internet is rather complex … while pricing can be changed quickly, the deployment of mechanisms inside the network (involving changes to the packet switches, or routers) can take years to accomplish.”
Date of prediction: March 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Cost/Pricing
Name of publication: The Journal of Electronic Publishing
Title, headline, chapter name: A Model for Cost Allocation and Pricing in the Internet
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/works/ClarkModel.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Catalfumo, Cara J.