Residential Telephone Service Survey November, 1998 [Canada]

The latest quarter of the Residential Telephone Service Survey was conducted by Statistics Canada in November 1998 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.

最新一期住宅电话服务调查（Residential Telephone Service Survey）由加拿大统计局于1998年11月开展，获得加拿大贝尔（Bell Canada）的合作与支持，作为劳动力调查（Labour Force Survey）的补充项目实施。加拿大贝尔及其他相关企业会不定期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开展磋商。电话渗透率（penetration rate）是衡量资费可负担性的最可靠指标，因为不存在可明确界定为「可负担」或「不可负担」的价格区间。因此，监测电话渗透率的变动情况、分析未入网用户的成因，对于指导监管机构制定资费上调、下调或补贴相关决策而言至关重要。