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Private companies are not obligated to offer services, and in the US the government cannot compel private companies to do so (except rare circumstances). "We will stop offering services if X does not happen" is not coercive, it's an ultimatum. Companies should not be expected to operate in a market hostile to them.
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In cases like AT&T where they provide telecommunications infrastructure for much of the country, threatening a shutdown is coercive.