AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre is an idiot and they’re playing right into Google’s hand.

Think about it. Google’s bought up a ton of dark fiber, email, blogging, rumors of a Google PC, rumors of a Google-branded version of Ubuntu, IM, Picasa, Google Earth. Seriously, who has the most to gain from the Balkanization of the net?

They just need to rebrand themselves as Skynet and stop with the stalling.

In the meantime, I’m adding AT&T to the list of companies never to buy anything from.