US lawmakers were told that they should not change net neutrality laws so that the people who give them lots of campaign money can set up a two tiered internet.

FCC boss Julius Genachowski warned Congress not to repeal the controversial Internet regulations enacted last December. He has told them that the agency's Net neutrality rules will "increase uncertainty, decrease investment, and hurt job creation."

The new law has already increased investment and that congress's idea to rely on antitrust laws to police errant behaviour would be "problematic" and "ill-suited to the fast-changing nature of Internet technology."

Robert McDowell, a Republican FCC commissioner, has been telling the world+dog that the agency has no legal authority to enact the rules, that antitrust laws are sufficient, and that the regulations will cause more harm than good.

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