Bell’s long-distance rates for prison calls focus of new application to CRTC

OTTAWA – The long-distance rates Bell has charged for collect telephone calls originating from Ontario correctional facilities is the subject of a new Part 1 application to the CRTC, posted on the telecom regulator’s website last Friday. The application dated Oct. 27 is from two Ontario residents, who previously began a proposed class action in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against Bell and the Ontario government. They alleged the long-distance rates charged by Bell “were contrary to provincial consumer protection legislation and unconscionable, amongst other allegations, and sought to recover damages against Bell,” reads their application. They also alleged...