SASKATOON – Saskatchewan’s Crown telecommunications firm is not looking at doing away with payphones.
SaskTel says payphones are an “essential service” for some people in the province.
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A ruling from the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission this week denied Bell Canada’s request to increase payphone charges from 50 cents to a dollar.
Bell says payphones are expensive to maintain and without the increase they may have to get rid of phones in low-profit areas.
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