Software giant Microsoft Corp. is questioning the effect a merger between Internet service provider America Online Inc. and media company Time Warner Inc. would have on high-speed Internet access, the Wall Street Journal reported in its electronic edition Tuesday.
Time Warner and AOL have been negotiating with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to placate antitrust concerns and win approval for their landmark media deal, originally valued at about $164 billion.
The FTC has insisted that the two companies open high-speed cable lines to one or more Internet rivals as a condition for approval.
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