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Endhost path selection---the ability for endhosts to specify the paths which their packets should traverse---has been proposed as a promising means for meeting next-generation Internet goals such as high availability and application-tailored routing. However, current proposals have serious shortcomings. First, they typically allow only limited path selection; second, they generally do not provide a billing method by which users may pay operators along their chosen path for service. Moreover, to date, proposals do not consider the use of non-network layer technologies such as MPLS which offer considerable performance advantages. In this paper, we argue the need for a new type of billing method if a future Internet is to allow path selection, we discuss alternate billing methods and the particular advantages of one method, path brokering. We then propose the use of MPLS in support of endhost path selection via path brokering and discuss the implications of such a system for operators, users and path brokers.