While the industry supports net neutrality standards, it believes the FCC took the wrong approach in regulating the matter, by relying on Title II of the Telecommunications Act, USTelecom said in a statement. "Reclassifying broadband Internet access as a public utility reverses decades of established legal precedent at the FCC and upheld by the Supreme Court," USTelecom said. "History has shown that common carrier regulation slows innovation, chills investment, and leads to increased costs on consumers."
Republicans in Congress are also working to overturn the FCC regulations. Representative Doug Collins of Georgia introduced a resolution to cancel the Open Internet rules. He said the "heavy-handed" regulations "would slow internet speeds, increase consumer prices and hamper infrastructure development". The FCC's regulations would take money away from broadband development and make it difficult for smaller ISPs to compete, Collins said. The resolution was co-sponsored by another 14 members of the House.
