[kozubik]

How do the traffic exemptions in AWS fit into this net neutrality debate ?

There are quite a few ways in which traffic between different AWS components is discounted[1], or "favored" over other traffic, and this doesn't bother me a bit - it seems quite reasonable.

I lean (slightly) to the net neutrality argument, but I have a hard time seeing how the billing practices of AWS are neutral within that framework.

How does the OP feel ?

[1] For instance, bandwidth between EC2 and S3 is free.