common carrier

The transmission of money is not considered to be a common carrier service.

Only a few of these lines survive as commercial common carriers.

African and Indian immigrants are the most common carriers, she said.

The phone companies may already serve as common carriers of video signals.

And there's a formal definition for what a common carrier is.

It's not quite right either to say that there is "an assumption of common carrier status".

It has been in service since June 1997 and is operated on a common carrier basis.

In simpler days, this was sometimes called the "common carrier" rule.

But the Internet needs to be a common carrier.

But we're not supposed to act as common carriers, and I have a schedule to keep."

These are not common carriers, so the general public cannot travel using these.

It began operating in 1831 as Virginia's first common carrier railroad.

That is, essentially they would be considered a common carrier and not responsible for the actions of people using their service.

Internet networks are, however, already treated like common carriers in many respects.

Not until 1910 did Congress clearly define both the telephone and telegraph as common carriers.

If ignition were a problem, they could not ship the stuff by common carrier - which I doubt.

The railroad ceased operations as a common carrier on December 5, 1938.

Part of this agreement stipulated that the line would remain a common carrier.

A permanent telephone connection between two points set up by a telecommunications common carrier.

Other cases find that a common carrier is not liable for the unforeseeable forces of nature.

Some States attempt to assert their traditional role of common carrier oversight onto this new technology.

A common carrier was expected to serve the public good and treat its customers uniformly.

A common carrier offers its services to the general public under license or authority provided by a regulatory body.

There are competing common carriers broadcasting signal in most nations of the earth.

The common carrier requirement was not lifted until 1957.