Residential Telephone Service Survey May, 2002 [Canada]

The latest quarter of the Residential Telephone Service Survey was conducted by Statistics Canada in May 2002 with the cooperation and support of Bell Canada as a supplement to the Labour Force Survey. Bell Canada and other companies are from time to time negotiating local service pricing options for phone rates with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunication Commission. Penetration rates are the most reliable indicator of affordability as there is no price range that can be identified as affordable or not affordable. As a result, the importance of monitoring any changes in phone penetration rates and analysing the reasons for non-subscribers is necessary to properly guide regulators in decisions about rate increases, decreases or subsidies.

加拿大统计局（Statistics Canada）于2002年5月开展了最新一期住宅电话服务调查，本次调查作为劳动力调查（Labour Force Survey）的补充项目，得到了加拿大贝尔公司（Bell Canada）的协作与支持。加拿大贝尔公司与其他企业会不时与加拿大广播电视及电信委员会（Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunication Commission）就本地电话服务的资费定价方案进行磋商。由于不存在可明确界定为“可负担”或“不可负担”的价格区间，电话普及率是衡量资费可负担性最可靠的指标。因此，监测电话普及率的变化并分析未入网用户的成因，对于指导监管机构合理制定资费上调、下调或补贴政策至关重要。