Though its is more than likely that the soon-to-be-unveiled National Broadband Plan, proposed by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will draw Congressional opposition to some extent; Neil Fried, top Republican lawyer for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, recently said that some lawmakers may even launch bills to "prevent" the FCC from pursuing its regulatory agenda.

According to a National Journal report, Fried's remark, about the enormity of opposition the National Broadband Plan - to be unveiled on March 16 - will fetch, came at the state leadership conference of the National Association of Broadcaster on Tuesday.

In fact, ever since the FCC chairman Julius Genachowski announced that proposed net neutrality rules, the opposition has been only too keen to go up against the proposal and block the path of its implementation.

Genachowski was counseled at the very outset that he needed to run a "market failure" study before coming up with the proposed open Internet regulations; with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and six other GOP leaders attempting to nuke net neutrality by a revision of a Department of Interior appropriations bill.

With the net neutrality proposal running into troubled waters with the opposition from day one, it can only be expected that worse is yet to come - with the most contentious issues speculated to be spectrum snags; the `one caveat;' and broadband on the reservation, among others.