Acting on 1994 complaint, FCC denied complaint filed by Graphnet ...
Acting on 1994 complaint, FCC denied complaint filed by Graphnet against AT&T alleging latter unlawfully routed telex traffic and instead granted counterclaim by AT&T that part of Graphnet’s tariff was “unjust and unreasonable.” Telex service involves sending messages from…
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one teleprinter to another. Dispute involved terms under which Graphnet made its facilities available to terminate domestic and international telex calls that traveled over AT&T’s network and were destined for Graphnet’s subscribers. FCC order released Tues. said AT&T considered Graphnet’s termination charges too high so it routed its traffic through foreign affiliates such as Unitel in Canada. Unitel then would send AT&T’s traffic on to Graphnet, paying less than AT&T because it had negotiated lower interconnection rates. FCC said that meant traffic AT&T received at N.J. switching center would be routed to Canada, where Unitel would send it back to Graphnet in U.S. Graphnet said such routing practices were illegal and “unnatural” but FCC agreed with AT&T that Graphnet didn’t prove those routing practices violated law: “Graphnet does not cite any Commission rule or regulation prohibiting AT&T’s domestic routing practices.” On other hand, FCC concluded that Graphnet’s charges to AT&T were unlawful.