Towards a Permission-based Web. Wherefore Net Neutrality?

"Pipe level neutrality is surely only one layer of a stack."

Is it? Am I missing something? Doesn't net neutrality just guarantee all TRAFFIC equal access at the network level? It doesn't guarantee all APPS equal access to the AppStore, any more than "highway neutrality" (equal access to the highway system) would allow Hyundai to sell its models at a Mercedes dealership...