**(a)** It shall be the duty of every common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign communication by wire or radio to furnish such communication service upon reasonable request therefor; and, in accordance with the orders of the Commission, in cases where the Commission, after opportunity for hearing, finds such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, to establish physical connections with other carriers, to establish through routes and charges applicable thereto and the divisions of such charges, and to establish and provide facilities and regulations for operating such through routes.
**(b)** All charges, practices, classifications, and regulations for and in connection with such communication service, shall be just and reasonable, and any such charge, practice, classification, or regulation that is unjust or unreasonable is declared to be unlawful: Provided, That communications by wire or radio subject to this chapter may be classified into day, night, repeated, unrepeated, letter, commercial, press, Government, and such other classes as the Commission may decide to be just and reasonable, and different charges may be made for the different classes of communications: Provided further, That nothing in this chapter or in any other provision of law shall be construed to prevent a common carrier subject to this chapter from entering into or operating under any contract with any common carrier not subject to this chapter, for the exchange of their services, if the Commission is of the opinion that such contract is not contrary to the public interest: Provided further, That nothing in this chapter or in any other provision of law shall prevent a common carrier subject to this chapter from furnishing reports of positions of ships at sea to newspapers of gen
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**(a)** It shall be the duty of every common carrier engaged in interstate or foreign communication by wire or radio to furnish such communication service upon reasonable request therefor; and, in accordance with the orders of the Commission, in cases where the Commission, after opportunity for hearing, finds such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, to establish physical connections with other carriers, to establish through routes and charges applicable thereto and the divisions of such charges, and to establish and provide facilities and regulations for operating such through routes.
**(b)** All charges, practices, classifications, and regulations for and in connection with such communication service, shall be just and reasonable, and any such charge, practice, classification, or regulation that is unjust or unreasonable is declared to be unlawful: Provided, That communications by wire or radio subject to this chapter may be classified into day, night, repeated, unrepeated, letter, commercial, press, Government, and such other classes as the Commission may decide to be just and reasonable, and different charges may be made for the different classes of communications: Provided further, That nothing in this chapter or in any other provision of law shall be construed to prevent a common carrier subject to this chapter from entering into or operating under any contract with any common carrier not subject to this chapter, for the exchange of their services, if the Commission is of the opinion that such contract is not contrary to the public interest: Provided further, That nothing in this chapter or in any other provision of law shall prevent a common carrier subject to this chapter from furnishing reports of positions of ships at sea to newspapers of general circulation, either at a nominal charge or without charge, provided the name of such common carrier is displayed along with such ship position reports. The Commission may prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary in the public interest to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
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§ 201. Service and charges
(a) It shall be the duty of every common car-
rier engaged in interstate or foreign commu-
nication by wire or radio to furnish such com-
munication service upon reasonable request
therefor; and, in accordance with the orders of
the Commission, in cases where the Commis-
sion, after opportunity for hearing, finds such
action necessary or desirable in the public inter-
est, to establish physical connections with other
carriers, to establish through routes and charges
applicable thereto and the divisions of such
charges, and to establish and provide facilities
and regulations for operating such through
routes.
(b) All charges, practices, classifications, and
regulations for and in connection with such
communication service, shall be just and reason-
able, and any such charge, practice, classifica-
tion, or regulation that is unjust or unreason-
able is declared to be unlawful: Provided, That
communications by wire or radio subject to this
chapter may be classified into day, night, re-
peated, unrepeated, letter, commercial, press,
Government, and such other classes as the Com-
mission may decide to be just and reasonable,
and different charges may be made for the dif-
ferent classes of communications: Provided fur-
ther, That nothing in this chapter or in any
other provision of law shall be construed to pre-
vent a common carrier subject to this chapter
from entering into or operating under any con-
tract with any common carrier not subject to
this chapter, for the exchange of their services,
if the Commission is of the opinion that such
contract is not contrary to the public interest:
Provided further, That nothing in this chapter or
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in any other provision of law shall prevent a