Economic issues in local measured service
Expert InsightsPublished 1979
Discusses some economic issues that arise in the pricing of local telephone service. The present costs and rates for telephone service are reviewed, and economic analysis is applied to the issues of consumer access to the telephone network, the use of optional rates for local service, and the assessment of costs and benefits of measured rates. The author suggests that the concept of local measured-service telephone rates be given serious trials, and shows how basic economic principles should be employed in assessing subsidies for telephone access, optional flat rates, and the economic desirability of measured service.
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- Year: 1979
- Pages: 18
- Document Number: P-6322
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