Net neutrality will lead to data and information mediocrity, to the detriment of intelligent and entrepreneurial minds who increasingly get pushed aside under an onerous U.S government-refereed Internet.

Discouraging Infrastructure Investment and Increasing Consumer Costs

Far from favoring small entrepreneurs, minority groups and socially disadvantaged segments of American society, the FCC net neutrality ruling will burden citizens by imposing both hidden and visible taxes ($72 minimum annually per person). It will discourage vital internet infrastructure investments so badly needed to maintain the United States' preeminence in the digital economy today and in the foreseeable future.

Business growth, consumer choice and competitive markets are best served when businesses are freed from bureaucratic red tape, heavy taxation, and limited internet government regulation

– a certain outcome of the February FCC ruling:

“...restricting service plan options is inherently anti-competitive and anti-consumer. The inevitable results will be higher prices and less service for consumers along with an especially adverse impact on small providers and upstart competitors trying to differentiate themselves in a crowded market.” - Ajit Pai and Joshua Wright (see sources below).