The uncertainty of the now dead Time Warner Cable merger certainly didn't hurt Comcast's broadband growth. According to the company's latest earnings report, Comcast continued to slowly bleed video subscribers (8,000 lost on the quarter) but added 407,000 high-speed Internet subscribers.

The company's earnings state that Comcast spent $99 million during the first quarter on trying to get the merger approved, bringing the price tag for the full merger attempt to around $336 million. Of course Comcast saw a net income of $2.1 billion on revenues of $17.9 billion during just the last three months.

"At Comcast, we have great products and technologies, and we were excited about bringing these capabilities to additional cities," CEO Brian Roberts told attendees of the company's earnings call. "The government ultimately didn’t see it the same way."

Of course it wasn't the offering of new products the government took issue with. It was, according to many reports, Comcast's failure to adhere to NBC merger conditions -- combined with the company's sheer size and market leverage (they would have served 57% of all broadband subscribers in the country) that gave regulators pause.