41.   Both Con Edison and Lilco made filings in support of the utility, saying their customers were also paying higher rates because of the contracts.

42.   Advertisers will only pay wholesale rates to reach them.

43.   All Canadian government bonds now pay lower rates of interest than those in the U.S.

44.   All U.S. phone companies are being compelled by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to pay connection rates determined by the FCC.

45.   Burbank paid standard rates for the black-and-white ads, according to Ovrom.

46.   Brazilian companies pay higher rates for export finance than Canadian firms, if they can get it at all.

47.   Businesses that have to pay those rates have a hard time staying afloat.

48.   But most independent experts agree that for every day federal regulators keep the Bell companies out of the long-distance market, consumers needlessly pay higher rates.

49.   But the law allows stations to offer the cheaper time with the caveat that a candidate paying that rate could be pre-empted by another candidate willing to pay more.

50.   But the law also allows them to preempt such commercials with little warning in favor of sponsors who pay higher rates.