{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-278.520","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 278.520","heading":"Transmission of long distance messages from other telephone lines.","body":"Telephone companies operating exchanges in different cities shall receive and transmit\neach other's messages without unreasonable delay or discrimination. The telephone\nexchange receiving any message from the exchange in which the message originated, and\neach other connecting exchange through which the message must be routed in order to\nreach its destination, shall switch the message through its exchange without unreasonable\ndelay or discrimination and with the same promptness with which messages originatin g\nand ending on its own lines are handled, by causing the talking circuit to be connected\nover the toll line leading through or from the receiving exchange through any other\nconnecting exchanges to the point of destination. It is the intention of this sect ion to\ncompel the connecting up and usage of toll wires through the various intervening\nexchanges between the exchange in which the messages originate and the point of\ndestination, so that the party requesting service may be able to hold a conversation wit h\nthe party called for at the point of destination.","path":["KRS Chapter 278"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=14145","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:30Z","sha256":"3bff7545710bb758a67f03b331f7d419294a4a9b96f433312cf5454ce1ba0699","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-278.516","next":"us-ky/krs-278.530"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}