AT&T this week sued two rural telephone companies in Iowa and a provider of group chat-line services, alleging it is being charged exorbitant fees for calls that are made to a small Iowa town, according to a story in the Chicago Tribune.
AT&T this week sued two rural telephone companies in Iowa and a provider of group chat-line services, alleging it is being charged exorbitant fees for calls that are made to a small Iowa town, according to a story in the Chicago Tribune.
The carrier filed the lawsuit on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Iowa, according to the story, accusing Reasnor Telephone, Sully Telephone Association and Does 1-10 of fraud.
AT&T says these companies are part of a scheme to overcharge the telecom giant to terminate long-distance calls in the areas where the carriers offer local services.
Two months earlier AT&T sued another group of rural service providers in Iowa alleging similar fraud.
According to the report, AT&T says its termination costs in Reasnor, Iowa, which have a total of 275 local phone lines, have jumped from $3,000 a month to $650,000 a month.
