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Is it possible that Google's hasty deal with Verizon is intended explicitly to prevent Apple from making a non-neutrality deal with Verizon? Imagine it: Apple
by grandalf 16y ago
Is it possible that Google's hasty deal with Verizon is intended explicitly to prevent Apple from making a non-neutrality deal with Verizon?
Imagine it: Apple negotiates preferred status for Facetime and for Bing Search and Bing Videos (via a profit sharing deal with MS) or even Apple Video search bundled with the new cloud iTunes, all via iPhone and iPad on Verizon.
My take is that Google felt it was worth all the negative PR of the net neutrality reversal to prevent Apple from being able to have a non-neutrality upper hand in with the premier US mobile carrier. Think about it, only with a device like an iPhone 4G or iPad and a network like Verizon does non-neutrality offer significant advantages in the mobile space.