{"id":5350,"date":"2012-01-19T18:07:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T23:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=5350"},"modified":"2013-07-16T11:11:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T15:11:54","slug":"who-uses-payphones-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=5350","title":{"rendered":"Who uses payphones anymore?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You would think mobile devices should have killed off payphones by now. Those of us who have an alternative don’t go looking for a couple quarters to make a call from the shopping centre or the airport.<\/p>\n

Most Canadians now have a mobile option, but 25% of households don’t. That is what is behind a request by PIAC<\/a> for the CRTC to take a fresh look at the issue of access to pay telephones. The last time the CRTC looked at the issue was in 2002<\/a>, with a Decision that came out in 2004<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The CRTC wrote at that time:<\/p>\n

Based on information presented in this proceeding, the Commission considers that low-income Canadians, especially those without access to basic residential service, are more likely to use pay telephone service for important personal and emergency calls. The Commission notes that although wireless service may constitute an alternative for many consumers, it is not an affordable option for all.
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\nThe Commission concludes that, although demand for pay telephone service is declining, pay telephone service is still an important public service that wireless services have not rendered obsolete.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

PIAC’s letter is asking the CRTC to expand the scope of a recent tariff filing<\/a> to allow it to update the evidence last reviewed nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n

PIAC expects to raise issues of social utility of payphones and ideally to introduce evidence of payphone use by the public, in particular those persons living on low income. However, commissioning and compiling this information will take more time than is allotted for intervention.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

PIAC raises a valid point. The CRTC should take a fresh look at payphone accessibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You would think mobile devices should have killed off payphones by now. Those of us who have an alternative don’t go looking for a couple quarters to make a call from the shopping centre or the airport. Most Canadians now have a mobile option, but 25% of households don’t. That is what is behind a …<\/p>\n

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