Net Neutrality Helped Sink Comcast, Time Warner Merger

Net Neutrality drew so much attention to public dissatisfaction with Internet service providers, it may have made regulators less willing to support the Comcast and Time Warner Cable merger. Allowing the proposed $45.2 billion merger would have created a single company controlling as much as 57 percent of the public’s access to broadband Internet. The Net Neutrality debate highlighted a widespread populist movement against restrictions to the Internet. More than a year after the proposed deal was announced, Comcast said it was dropping the plan, citing regulatory opposition.