Boosting broadband availability would be helpful for the industry. Right now, however, there's no firm method to turn that into action.
What happens to poor AOL if it can't do what it did to dissuade?
I think everyone knows someone who's tried to quit and had everything from free months of service to 'you'll be sorry!' wielded against them.
We're already starting to hear from consumer advocacy groups that they absolutely are going to make Net neutrality a big part of the regulatory review of this merger.
Keeping fed taxes off broadband is well and good. But there's a fair amount of the country that doesn't have access.
