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NEW ECONOMY Exchanges Turn Network Bandwidth Into Commodity.(A)(Internet & Technology)

Investor's Business Daily

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Byline: Antonio A. Prado

Investor's Business Daily

Could bandwidth and data storage be traded like gold, oil or pork bellies? "Whynot?" say economists and traders.

The old economy's raw materials - like crude oil, natural gas, electric power and steel - have been traded in futures markets for decades.

So it makes sense to trade the new economy's raw materials - like bandwidth anddata storage - that way too, say firms hedging their bets on these new commodities.

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dwidth refers to how much data networks can handle, and how fast. It's measuredin bits per second.

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