Canadians seem to take their payphones pretty seriously based on their online reactions to a proposal from Bell Canada and Bell Aliant to raise the cost of payphone calls by 100%. Watch this video from “The National”, which aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and read more at these links:

• Bell payphones: Rate increases target those most vulnerable (Yahoo! Finance Canada)
• Pay phone rates may be going up (Canada.com)
• Bell pay phones: Why the cost of reaching out to touch someone might jump by 100 per cent (thestar.com)