Nordicity Group Limited 7 of 107 Australia’s prices, as indicated in the down arrow in the Table 1. Similarly, in the Level 2 and Level 3 service baskets, Canada also ranked amongst the least expensive (fifth from the highest) and its prices were 17.5% below those of Australia and 29.2% below those of Japan – the countries with the highest prices in Level 2 and Level 3, respectively. [...] The Canadian prices are based on a survey of service providers in 6 cities, the American prices on 4 cities and prices in the other 6 foreign jurisdictions are based on service providers found in their principal cities. [...] Nordicity Group Limited 14 of 107 2. Methodology 2.1 Service Basket Design The methodology for the service basket design and prices in this year’s Study has been kept consistent with that used in last year’s Study with the exception of some modifications to reflect the increasing level of consumer usage amongst telecommunications services. [...] Table 6: Summary of Service Baskets in 2015’s Study in comparison to 2016’s Study Fixed Telephony Mobile Wireless Fixed Broadband Mobile Wireless Bundled Services Telephony Internet Internet 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Level 1 Level 2 Level 2 Level 2 Level 2 Level 2 Level 2 Level 2 Level 2 Level 2 Level 2 [...] The range and magnitude of these charges, however, vary by state and municipality.15 As in previous years' studies, the principal surcharges applied in the US, namely the SLC and USF, are included in the Study.