[On the one hand, file sharing is] as close to a broadband killer application as we've got in the U.S., ... The broadband ISPs are smart enough to know they need every killer app they can get to drive demand. |
Boosting broadband availability would be helpful for the industry. Right now, however, there's no firm method to turn that into action. |
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. |
Keeping fed taxes off broadband is well and good. But there's a fair amount of the country that doesn't have access. |
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. |
What happens to poor AOL if it can't do what it did to dissuade? |