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by mhuffman 3832 days ago
I think most other items are usage-based because when you use them they are gone. When you use electricity or water, more needs to be generated/cleaned.

Not so with Internet. It is more like phone service. If I make a call, nothing needs to be rebuilt for another one.

I believe it is obvious to people and that is why there is push-back.