”Consumers should cheer the recent appeals court decision...

"Consumers should cheer the recent appeals court decision voiding the FCC’s net neutrality rules,” said a report published by the Heritage Foundation Wednesday (http://herit.ag/1nwzasd). “Despite the Chicken Little claims of its supporters, broadband consumers were hurt, not helped by the agency’s restrictions,” said the report, written by senior research fellow James Gattuso. “Rather than guarding against market abuses by dominant firms, the rules have been invoked in attempts to hinder innovation, impede competition, and block consumer price protections.” The report urged congressional lawmakers and FCC officials to “not restore these unnecessary and harmful regulations."