FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 30, 1999 Contact: Tom Pfeifer, 202-225-1946 Congressman Gallegly Responds to Email on Internet Fees WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Elton Gallegly (R-Ventura County) has posted a Web page letter to his constituents in response to concerns about rumored fees for telephone access to the Internet. "Be assured that I will not support unnecessary fees for accessing the Internet," Gallegly wrote. "The Internet has become a major thoroughfare of communication and should not be hindered by attaching extra fees for its use." Gallegly began to hear from concerned constituents after an email began circulating in December 1998. The email states that Congress is considering legislation that would allow telephone companies to add an Internet access fee to long-distance telephone bills. The email is false. There is no such legislation before Congress. Nor has the Federal Communications Commission approved such fees. "The Federal Communications Commission says it has no plans to permit long-distance telephone companies to charge an Internet access fee," Gallegly stated. "To clarify the FCC’s intentions, the leadership of the House of Representatives has sent a letter to the FCC requesting them to work with Congress to prepare legislation to make it clear that the FCC will not regulate the Internet or impose access charges on Internet service. I look forward to receiving the FCC’s response." Gallegly’s Web site can be accessed at http://www.house.gov/gallegly |
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