No telegraph or telephone corporation organized by virtue of the laws of this state or doing business in this state by virtue of the laws of any other state, or of the United States, shall have the power to contract with the owners of lands or the right in lands, or with any person or corporation, for the rights to erect, operate, or maintain telegraph, telephone, or other lines or works for the speedy transmission of intelligence over his or her or its lands, privileges, rights, or easements to the exclusion of other persons or corporations authorized to erect and operate lines and works for speedy transmission of intelligence.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers
Chapter 17 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 23-17-101. Right to construct, operate, and maintain lines — Damages for occupation of property
§ 23-17-102. Railroads may operate telegraphs and telephones — Authority
§ 23-17-103. Condemnation proceedings upon failure to secure right-of-way
§ 23-17-104. Right of entry for construction — Liability for damages
§ 23-17-105. Contract for exclusive privileges prohibited
§ 23-17-106. Priority of dispatch of messages — Confidentiality
§ 23-17-107. Interception of message — Injuring equipment — Penalty
§ 23-17-108. Refusal to transmit message — Penalty
§ 23-17-110. Telegraph companies — Schedule of rates
§ 23-17-112. Damages for mental anguish
§ 23-17-113. Telephone service to be supplied without discrimination — Complaint to commission
§ 23-17-116. Fee for initiation of residential telephone service to be payable in installments
§ 23-17-119. Surcharges to provide telecommunications for deaf and hearing impaired — Definitions
§ 23-17-120. Establishment of calling plans
§ 23-17-121. Agreements for special terminating access rates or plans