To select routing of communications in a network with a plurality of paths
between a first location and a second location, a routing choice is
determined from among the plurality of paths based at least in part upon
at least one of a communication-success amount of monetary relevance for
each of the plurality of paths and a communication-failure amount of
monetary relevance for each of the plurality of paths, and further upon
at least one of a likelihood of successfully completing communication for
each of the plurality of paths and a likelihood of failing to complete
communication for each of the plurality of paths. At least one routing
device is informed of the determined routing choice, whereby the routing
device can select routing information for routing the data between the
first location and the second location based on the determined routing
choice.