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0 We show that the discount factor at which the threat fails to work  scales with the number of ISPs(Internet Service Providers) N ,as (N-1)  /N  and converges to unity as N gets large. 0-

Marius Hancu · Accepted Answer

0 scales with the number02br
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00 depends on the number 02br
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00 In this case, the dependency/function is of the form N/N-102br
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00 but for the rest I don't have any idea. 02br
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00You should provide better context. Also, this is a very specialized paper. You should know good enough English to read papers at this level, unfortunately. 02br
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00 BTW, this is the paper:02br
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0500250hrefhttp://comm.csl.uiuc.edu/~srikant/Papers/pricing_srinivas.pdf

Son_tiny · Answer

0 Thank u very much. Your document which u gave me, I have already had  this. Actually I chose this one for my thesis. There are some context  in this one, I can not understand even though I have looked up in my  English English dictionaries. I hope u can help me out sometimes.0-

Eimai_Anglos · Answer

0 "Converges to unity" means "approaches a value of 1". 0-

Son_tiny · Answer

0 Thanks for helping me. Last moment I was not sure about my guess. Now I am sure here it is.0-

Anonymous · Answer

0 What is "low discount factor" mean in this context: The natural outcome of the low discount factr scenario is that prices fall to the bare minimum and all profits to zero, the equivalent of a price war.02br
00 According to the meaning of "low season" which is the period in the year when the fewest number of people visit a place & when the prices are at their lowest level. So I guess the meaning of "low discount factor" is the prices are at their lowest discount. Isn't it?02br
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00 BTW, What is the meaning of the folowing sentence: They would be 01font00content to peer 02font00with each other & split the customer revenues amongst themselves.02br
00 I have looked up my E E dictionaries, and I have found the meaning of some words02br
00 content to do sth : willing to do sth02br
00 peer: to look closely and carefully at sth, especially when u can't see it clearly.02br
00 revenue:the money that a govenment receives from taxes or the money an organization receives from its business (SYN of receipt)02br
00 But I couldn't get the meaning of "content to peer".02br
00 Could anyone help me out?02br
00 Thanks in advance.02br
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Clive · Answer

0Hi,02br
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01font00What is "low discount factor" mean in this context: The natural outcome of the low discount factr scenario is that prices fall to the bare minimum and all profits to zero, the equivalent of a price war.02br
00According to the meaning of "low season" which is the period in the year when the fewest number of people visit a place & when the prices are at their lowest level. So I guess the meaning of "low discount factor" is the prices are at their lowest discount. Isn't it?02font02br
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01font00'A discount factor' sounds like the percentage by which you'd discount prices, eg 5%. The writer says 02font01font01b00't02b00he02font01font00 low discount factor scenario'02font00 which suggests that it has been defined somewhere earlier in the discussion. So, look back through the text.02br
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00BTW, What is the meaning of the folowing sentence: They would be content to peer with each other & split the customer revenues amongst themselves.02br
00 I have looked up my E E dictionaries, and I have found the meaning of some words02br
00content to do sth : willing to do sth02br
00peer: to look closely and carefully at sth, especially when u can't see it clearly.02br
00revenue:the money that a govenment receives from taxes or the money an organization receives from its business (SYN of receipt)02br
00But I couldn't get the meaning of "content to peer".02br
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00As a 01i00noun,02i00'my peer' means 'my equal'. My guess is that the writer is using 'peer' as a kind of verb in this sense, roughly meaning that 'they' would be content (ie happy)to 'treat each other as equals'. In my opinion, people who write about economics often like to create their own kind of jargon.05002br
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00Best wishes, Clive02br
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Son_tiny · Answer

0 Thank u very much, teacher Clive. You help me a lot to understand the meaning of English words. I am not an English Native Speaker so if they often write their own kinda jargon, I find it is tough for me to get exactly the meaning of the whole sentence. I am really appreciated that. Have a nice day, teacher.0-

NewPhilologist · Answer

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01cite10Clive12cite10As a 11i10noun,12i10 'my peer' means 'my equal'. My guess is that the writer is using 'peer' as a kind of verb in this sense, roughly meaning that 'they' would be content (ie happy)to 'treat each other as equals'.12blockquote

10See also 05000 :) 0240hrefhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering

Son_tiny · Answer

0 What do "red" mean in the following contexts?02br
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00The main result of this section is that in economic terms, Tier-II providers can be considered to be 01font00price transfer agents02font00, transfering prices between 2 levels in the hierarchy.02br
00The 01font00marginal cost 02font00of traffic transfer for a Tier-II ISP is fairly low due to the large volumes of traffic generated by an aggregate of local ISPs.02br
00A study of the cost 01font00tradeoffs02font00 involved in such exchange is present b4, where it is assumed that such ISPs at such exchange points would have similar amounts of traffic destined for each other and have a peering agreement.02br
00I have looked some of them up in my dictionaries. It is said:02br
00marginal is small, not important (SYN of slight)02br
00trade-off (between sth and sth): the act of balancing 2 things that u need or want but which are opposed to each other.0-

Son_tiny · Answer

0 What do "red" mean in the following contexts?02br
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00The main result of this section is that in economic terms, Tier-II providers can be considered to be 01font00price transfer agents02font00, transfering prices between 2 levels in the hierarchy.02br
00The 01font00marginal cost 02font00of traffic transfer for a Tier-II ISP is fairly low due to the large volumes of traffic generated by an aggregate of local ISPs.02br
00A study of the cost 01font00tradeoffs02font00 involved in such exchange is present b4, where it is assumed that such ISPs at such exchange points would have similar amounts of traffic destined for each other and have a peering agreement.02br
00I have looked some of them up in my dictionaries. It is said:02br
00marginal is small, not important (SYN of slight)02br
00trade-off (between sth and sth): the act of balancing 2 things that u need or want but which are opposed to each other.02br
00Could u help me out to explain these? Thank you very much for helping me.0-

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