She told me that she had been bullied at her fairly ordinary state school for affecting, like Margaret Thatcher, a "posh" accent a few stations above her class; it was always difficult for me to assess Mrs. Thatcher with any neutrality, because in demeanor and sheer force of will she so reminded me of my mother.
– Describe how FCC pledges to foreswear price and entry regulations in the wake of any neutrality mandates.
Rebecca Arbogast, a telecommunications analyst at Stifel Nicolaus, predicted that the F.C.C. would probably demand that any net neutrality rules cover wireless, and that the details of any exceptions for specialized online services be made clear.
An earlier appropriations bill amendment by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) proposed cutting the agency's water off by "prohibit[ing] the FCC from using any appropriated funds to adopt, implement or otherwise litigate any network neutrality based rules, protocols or standards".
Jim Cicconi, senior executive vice president for external and legislative affairs for AT&T, said in a statement, "Regardless of how one views the merits of the complaint against Comcast, the F.C.C. today has shown that its national Internet policies work, and that they are more than sufficient for handling any net neutrality concerns that may arise".
By taking the wireless Internet off the table in terms of abiding by any net neutrality rules, Google and Verizon invite such speculation.
And without an overwhelming majority that includes some Democrats, the specter of a filibuster looms over any net neutrality legislation.
Nobody I've talked to thinks the two Republicans on the Commission will vote for any "net neutrality" rule, no matter how much of a giveaway it is, especially given the vitriol and lies emanating from the Republican party in Congress on this issue.
"Any remnants of neutrality thinking, of our traditional balancing act, have gone out of the window now," a Swedish political scientist told Reuters.
"Any remnants of neutrality thinking, of our traditional balancing act, have gone out of the window now," said Olof Peterson, a professor of political science at the Center for Business and Policy Studies in Stockholm.
For one thing, the fact that they were associated with a particular country, race or culture meant that they lacked the neutrality any international language would need in order to be accepted.
