Wouldn't AOL and its customers be much better served if AOL only raised the dialup price in areas that are DSL-accessible??? No doubt many dialuppers only use it b/c they're not close to a CO, so they CAN'T physically get DSL no matter the price issues.
Maybe AOL should have, um, checked the telco and local loop/CO databases and not punish millions of users who can't get broadband anyway.