Buy out AOL dialup? A sinking ship?

Explain to me if this actually makes some sense: Would you buy a sinking boat from someone because you collect/user these kinds of boats yourself? From what I can guess that's Liberty Media's plan here. Buy AOL dialup from Time Warner,  and reduce it down to just that: Dialup. I would think this great if it wasn't my feeling that the only reason dialup still exists is because there are persons out there sitting on their hands, delaying the penetration of broadband. This shit should have been up and running at the turn of last century (how weird it is to be able to make this statement, time wise). Now, nearing a decade in, we still of people in Podunk, PA and Toadlick, AR that have little to no access to even rudimentary DSL. Sad when you think about it.