Baseline covariates obtained from employers' registers included occupational position, based on the occupational-title classification of Statistics Finland : high (e.g. teachers, physicians), intermediate (e.g. registered nurses, technicians) and low (e.g. cleaners, maintenance workers).
However, irrespective of the questionable authenticity of a claim to a particular title, the classification of social status persists.
Obama's endorsement "of 1930s era Title II classification would lead to unprecedented government interference in the internet, and would hurt consumers and innovation," said lobby group Broadband for America.
I presume that the final session will deal with the legal foundation of net neutrality, perhaps touching on the potential for Title II classification of broadband as a utility.
Laws are made to last for decades, even centuries, with the help of judicial interpretation (in this case, the Supreme Court supported Title II classification) and legislative amendment (in this case, the 1996 Telecommunications Act).
That would be the case if the FCC removes broadband (mobile and fixed) from the Title II classification, which applies to telecommunications services and allows the Commission broad authority over them.
"The Commission has considered Title II classification for broadband ISP services several times over the last dozen years – and each time, whether under Democratic or Republican leadership, has rejected it," the TIA said in its comment.
Verizon has continually argued in the Net Neutrality fight that the "Title II" classification on broadband harms investment.
And using the Title II classification allowed the company to charge local POTS customers for parts of the construction expenses.
It opens a door to Title II classification but still tilts in favor of the weak legal framework that so far has gotten us nowhere.
