lved by: (1) requiring AOL Time Warner to make available to subscribers at least one non-affiliated cable broadband ISP service on Time Warner's cable system before AOL itself began offering service, followed by two other non-affiliated ISPs within 90 days and a requirement to negotiate in good faith with others after that; (2) prohibiting AOL Time Warner from interfering with content passed along the bandwidth contracted for by non-affiliated ISPs, or discriminating on the basis of affiliation in the transmission of content that AOL Time Warner has contracted to deliver to subscribers over their cable system, including the transmission of interactive triggers or other content in conjunction with ITV services; and (3) requiring AOL Time Warner to market and offer AOL's DSL services to subscribers in Time Warner cable areas where affiliated cable broadband service is available in the same manner and at the same retail pricing as they do in those areas where affiliated cable broadband ISP service is not available. The proposed consent order would be effective for a term of five years. These restriction will allow some companies time to develop strategies to compete with the new competition, but there are still concerns worldwide. For example, AOL Europe is the second-largest ISP in both Britain and Germany and is the third most popular provider in France.AOL has been slipping in its ratings in Europe but some Telecommunications analysts believe that the merger will give it an advantage over European based ISPs. Europe leads America in the wireless technology and GSM. But with the broadband technology and TV based online services that AOL/Time Warner is developing they will be primed to take control of the European market with these technologies on fully implemented. There are those that stand firm to the belief that Europeans do not want to go online for American content, so this might be a mute point. But with alliances like the one A...
