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NEW YORK (AP) - AT&T Inc. has sued two rural telephone companies and a provider of group chat-line services, alleging it's being charged exorbitant fees for calls that are made to a small Iowa town.
The suit, filed Thursday in a U.S. District Court in Iowa, fires a new salvo into what's percolating into a fierce debate among Web commentators about AT&T's decision to block calls by its Cingular Wireless customers to certain services with rural phone numbers.
AT&T alleges fraud by Reasnor Telephone, Sully Telephone Association Inc. and a company named "Does 1-10." The suit claims the companies were involved in a scheme to inflate the charges that AT&T is billed to terminate long-distance calls in Reasnor, an Iowa town served by the phone companies.
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