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<font size=3>FYI. From another list.<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Supreme Court agrees to review
suit against AT&T<br><br>
<a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080623/apfn_scotus_internet.html?.v=1" eudora="autourl">http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080623/apfn_scotus_internet.html?.v=1</a><br><br>
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court intervened Monday in a lawsuit by an
Internet service provider accusing AT&T of anti-competitive
practices.<br><br>
AT&T had asked the justices to step into the dispute over wholesale
prices AT&T charges for high-speed service to Internet service
providers who then compete with AT&T for retail Internet
customers.<br><br>
AT&T says it is under no obligation to deal with the Internet service
providers and that the lawsuit should be thrown out for failing to state
a valid legal claim.<br><br>
The plaintiff in the lawsuit, LinkLine Communications Inc., buys
high-speed service from AT&T, combines it with other services and
then sells Internet-access service that compete against
AT&T.<br><br>
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled against
AT&T, saying the telecom company was setting its wholesale prices so
high that the Internet service provider could not compete with the low
prices AT&T charged in the retail market. The appeals court said that
federal courts have recognized such price squeeze allegations for six
decades.<br><br>
The Bush administration had urged the Supreme Court to take the case as
AT&T requested.</font></blockquote></body>
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