Don't even think about it - that's the message the U.S. House sent Tuesday, when it passed a bill to bar the Federal Communications Commission from any try at setting Internet use fees. nrnIt didn't pass without comment - some Congressmen criticized what they considered hastiness in response to an e-mail about a fictitious lawmaker and his bill to impose fees. In fact, they called the problem non-existent. nrnThe critics alluded to messages making the cyberspace rounds for over a year warning Web surfers about a monthly Net surcharge contained in a bill proposed by a Congressman named Tony Schnell - who doesn't exist any more than the alleged bill does or did. nrnBut the bill passed May 16 got bipartisan support and at least one withering comment from Michigan Democrat John Dingell, who said he hoped it would "finally extinguish this cybermyth once and for all.'' However, a Louisiana Republican, Billy Tauzin, said Schnell might have been a fake but the idea wasn't, that there were - and are - people who would like nothing more than imposing Net access charges. nrn"This bill puts an end to debate and protects the Internet from permanent charges for all those who have affordable access today," he said. nrnFor its part, the FCC called the bill superfluous, saying they had no intention of imposing any such Net access charges. nrnThis came a week after the House passed a five-year extension on the current moratorium against Internet taxes which expires in 2001. The Senate is working on a similar bill but that's been stalled in the Senate Commerce Committee.
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