"Fixed-Up-To" (FUT) tariffs, which are commonly used for pricing telecommunication services, are made up of three parts: a monthly subscription fee (or fixed fee), a usage-limit (or allowance), and an over-limit rate that is used for pricing consumptions in excess of the usage-limit. Typically,...

As the ability to measure technology resource usage gets easier with increased connectivity, the question whether a technology resource should be priced by the amount of the resource used or by the particular use of the resource has become increasingly important. We examine this issue in the...