【单选题】Government deregulation of the long-distance telephone business has resulted in increased competition among telephone carriers, thus resulting in lower prices for consumers. This process, however, wil...
A.
Technological advances have decreased the cost of providing long-distance telephone service to less than one-half of its cost prior to deregulation.
B.
In a customer survey regarding the electric utility business, another industry that recently went through deregulation, surveyors found that customer dissatisfaction with service was 30 percent higher than prior to deregulation.
C.
Customers have listed poor customer service as their number one reason for switching from one long-distance telephone service provider to another.
D.
Some companies have decreased the cost of customer service by installing automated telephone response systems that eliminate the need for expensive live employees.
E.
The greatest competition for long-distance telephone service providers will come not from traditional telephone companies, but from cellular telephone service providers.