Skyrocketing TV and telephone prices: What should be done?
- February 12, 2010 11:02 AM |
- By POV
Skyrocketing phone and television prices are a key area of concern for the CRTC, but the regulator has no easy answers for fixing the problem, according to a report issued this week.
"Although it requires further study, it appears that bundling strategies are having the effect of enabling service providers to maintain price levels," the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said in its lengthy Navigating Convergence report, released on Tuesday.
"With the exception of internet pricing (which has fallen slightly), telephone and [television] pricing has been on an upward trajectory in comparison with the overall consumer price index."
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