Are fixed line phone costs too high in NZ?

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Kiwis who make only a handful of calls from their home line a month are paying the highest line rental in the OECD, because of a lack of competition in the market, a new study shows.

The Commerce Commission has today released a report which benchmarks fixed line and mobile services against international prices.

It showed the high cost of owning a fixed line phone, which had the effect of making "free calling" expensive for low users, had driven the poor ranking.

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