> The electricity spot market is close to your definition of > "perishable": > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_market > > It has a derivative market, google for "electricity derivatives" will > give you some papers and models. > > I'm pretty sure electricity and bandwidth share some patterns. > > Now who wants to be the Enron of the bandwidth market? :)
Enron actually WAS dealing in bandwidth at one point: http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/253861/Enron-Opens-Bandwidth -Commodity-Trading-Service.htm