Canada’s cellphone rates among highest – The Globe and Mail
I have been saying this for a while now and still feel we are being ripped off royally by Canadian Wireless providers, however, there are some interesting details in the actual numbers in the article. The method of assessing cost in the analysis is somewhat slanted and would only cover an average “bundle” of services but does show where we Canadians sit in terms of what we pay for wireless compared to much of the western world.
Cellphone users in Canada are paying more for wireless service than those in most other Western countries, but customers here come out ahead when measuring prices for home phone service, according to a new study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.The annual survey by the OECD, a forum of 30 governments on social and economic issues, says telecom prices continued to fall last year, as features expanded and greater competition forced operators to think of new ways to sell their services.Across OECD markets, phone companies have moved to bundling their products, making it more difficult for consumers to price individual services. To deal with the growing complexity of pricing, the study’s authors worked with the carriers to create different baskets of services for the sake of international comparisons.
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