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Payments have been proposed as a market-based solution that could improve consumer outcomes and help achieve investments, connectivity and digital society goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We examine the economic case for a potential market-based solution where LTGs face a price signal for the usage of the public network. 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