One name we haven't seen in the Net Neutrality debate is Apple, Inc. Though Jobs & Company are cozy with neutral net advocate Google, they also just launched iPhone with AT&T exclusivity. And that brings up some interesting questions, the most interesting of which: Is buying an iPhone a vote against Net Neutrality?
Is Buying An iPhone A Vote Against Net Neutrality?
It wasn't too long ago that former AT&T chief Ed Whitacre, who has been vocal about his and his company's opposition to Net Neutrality regulation, expressed an interest in
The public is known to vote with its pocketbook, especially in leaner times, and likewise, the public's representatives are sometimes known to do the same, except the money flow is more direct and reversed.
So one would assume, though the company has been pretty quiet about it, that Apple would be a fan of Net Neutrality, especially with its flagship online product iTunes directly at stake. Google CEO Eric Schmidt is on the board at Apple and there has even been speculation about a merger. "AppleGoo," Schmidt joked at the iPhone unveiling.
But here's Apple, which has its own fanatical tech-cult bowing and seizing at the base of the pyramid each time Steve Jobs tosses something down,
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