Systems, methods and computer program products for providing sponsored proactive searches for sponsored quality of service network connections

A network communication method for an Internet-connected user device comprising:

• providing a higher Quality of Service Internet connection compared to a standard Quality of Service Internet connection in response to user selection of a Webpage that sponsors the higher Quality of Service Internet connection.

A user device comprising:

• a display that is configured to display an indicia of sponsorship of a higher Quality of Service network connection compared to a standard Quality of Service network connection in response to user selection of the higher Quality of Service network connection at the user device.

A network connection provider device comprising:

• a computing device that is configured to display on selected user devices, indicia of sponsorship of a higher Quality of Service network connection compared to a standard Quality of Service network connection in response to user selection of the higher Quality of Service network connection at the selected user devices.

A computer program product that is configured to provide network communication, the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:

• computer-readable program code that is configured to display on a networked user device an indicia of sponsorship of a higher Quality of Service network connection compared to a standard Quality of Service network connection in response to user selection of the higher Quality of Service network connection at the user device.