Canada: Abolish the System Access Fee of Cellphone Service?

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On June 3, Liberal MP David McGuinty has introduced a private member's bill that seeks to abolish the system access fee charged by cellphone providers and enact more rights for customers of telecommunications companies in general.

Bentolila says the system access fee is "the $6.95 fee that most of the carriers are charging under the guise that somehow it's paying for the network usage at a governmental level."

Once they have you signed on as a customer, Bentolila says the carriers add the "system access fee" to your bill as a separate charge "to give the illusion that ... the $6.95 fee is somehow going to some other source or some other body other than the carrier company. So it's an easy way to kind of camouflage an overall larger price point." All this means the carriers can advertise a lower plan fee, and then tack on the system access fee once you've signed on.

Will the fee be abolished by Oct 1, 2008?

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