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-- and Telenor, The Norwegian Telephone Company, is mimiccing -
(Naar Telenor vil gjere det billegare aa ringje i byane enn utanfor byane,
saa har dei altsaa nokon aa herme etter.)
E.
From: Michael Gurstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>In Canada we are already starting to see the cost of Long Distance service
>fall. However, the issue of what happens to those areas (such as Cape
>Breton and other rural and remote parts of the country) which have
>benefitted from a regulatory regime which imposed a uniform tariff
>structure (at least provincially) and a cross-subsidization of services.
>
>That shoe has yet to drop and when it does, it could be a resounding thud
>with substantial impacts on fledgling efforts to re-position
>rural/resource based economies towards ICT based opportunities.
>
>Those who are already competitively better favoured in metropolitan areas
>will have the additional advantage of having access to highly competitive
>telecom rates. While those in outlying communities/regions/countries will
>find themselves at a further disadvantage.
>
>While the overall trend may be lower rates for everyone, what will be
>important competitively will be how the rate structure settles and
>distributes access costs geographically/socially.
>
>Mike Gurstein
>
Enok Kippersund
(rural Norwegian/Norwegian rural)
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