Masataka:
If IETF makes it clear that AOL is not an ISP, it will commercially
motivate AOL to be an ISP.
Keith:
probably not. folks who subscribe to AOL aren't likely to be
reading IETF documents.
face it, it's not the superior quality of AOL's service that keeps
AOLers from moving - it's their susceptibility to marketing BS and
their addiction to chat rooms. it's hard to help those people.
Assuming they need help. The impression I have gotten from people
who regularly use AOL is that they are generally satisfied with the
nature of the service (as opposed to the quality of the service).
As they discover more about the Internet, they may or may not switch
to "real" ISPs, depending on whether they have needs for what "real"
ISPs provide.
--gregbo