For Merkato Buyers
    What is Merkato?
    Buyers, Sellers, and Agents in the Auction Market
    Spot Market and Reservation Market Agents
    The Resource Agent
    Planning For Your Bandwidth Needs
    Automatic Remote Bidding
    The Merkato Portal
    Starting Merkato
    Choice of Interface
    Configuration Wizard
    Desktop Interface
    Buying Bandwidth on the Spot Market
    Buying Reserved Bandwidth
    Strategy Overview
    Reservation Agent
    Merkato Auction Mechanism: The Progressive Second Price Auction
    Optimizing Your Valuation Settings
       Using the “Max Qty” (or “Qty”) Valuation Settings
       Using the “Min Qty” setting in the Budget-with-limits valuation
       Bidding Only When You Need Bandwidth
       Bidding Lower For Excess Bandwidth
       Using Both the Spot and Reservation Markets
       Using the Bid Table to Estimate Market Prices
    Valuation Formulas
    Valuation Summary Chart
    Units Conversion Chart