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Originally Posted by u8myfoood
That analogy doesn't work even if you drive a prius vs a bugatti veyron, the gas stations don't charge you more per gallon for the same gas. the amount of gas is similar to amount of minutes, the more you use the more you pay, but the rate per minute is still the same, not different. It's more like Hey, here's the car you bought, but you are only allowed to use these set roads to drive on them, sure it can be driven on other ones, but we wont let you.
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lol, Gas is a commodity, just like the energy you use to charge you phone. you get charged the same for Electricity to charge you Phone so that just fails there, vs Insurance is a service that you pay for, and depending on the car you have just like the phone they have the ability to charge you for a premium. the EVO is the latest and greatest they can charge more for it because its just that the latest and greatest.
Just like how they started making people get Data plans when they bought smart phones. people did not like it but you know what if they really wanted it they paid for it. again if you want to use something on their network than you are going to have to pay what they charge. there network is not a public network, they own it, its there, so they can charge what every they want to.
Roads are Public anyone with a license is allowed to drive on them you have to follow the rule but you can drive anywhere on them you want to. if you come to a private road the owner of that property can charge you what ever they feel like but you have the Choice to not use that road just like you have the choice to not use sprints service.