Should prices for calls from payphones be more flexible?
How about $1 for a call from the airport but a quarter from a parking lot? Maybe higher prices where cellphone service is spotty? Lower prices where there is more competition or where the carrier wants to provide a public or promotional service?
Earlier this week, the CRTC launched a public proceeding:
to consider the appropriateness of removing the prohibition on further rate de-averaging for pay telephone and business services offered by the large incumbent local exchange carriers
Recall that in its price cap decision (2007-27), the CRTC enabled rate de-averaging for residential services, all the way down to the individual subscriber level.
A decision is expected to be released before the end of the year.
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