common carrier

noun

Definitions of common carrier

English

a company that transports goods or passengers on regular routes at agreed rates and which must treat all customers equally, unlike private carriers which may refuse customers

It is clear that the Commission had the discretion to require the service provider to serve all potential customers indifferently, thus making them common carriers.

English

a telephone company

The Federal Communications Commission had tried to impose so-called "common carrier" regulations on broadband providers without officially classifying them as utilities.