[nerys]

"The reason why the gas analogy doesn't work is because you are comparing a service to a product."

except the ACTION by each company (ie what we are comparing here) IS exactly the same. They want to charge MORE to use their gas simply in a different car.

the gas is not better. its not MORE gas. the ONLY difference is your car is nicer.

Sprint wants to charge more to use their data simply in a different phone

the data is not better. its not More data. the ONLY difference is your phone is nicer.

See how that works? I replace CAR with PHONE and GAS with DATA and both statements make perfect sense.

that is the very founding point of an analogy.

"You don't need to "educate" anyone. People pay for the service with their hard earned money. Once it becomes too costly and too "unfair" people will automatically leave. Sprint can't afford to bleed customers again, so that's why they need to keep prices low. There are plenty of excellent, and cheap, prepaid providers ready and willing to take SERO customers if Sprint gets out of hand. "

that IS the inevitable end result the problem is STOPPING it before it gets to that point and people suffer (not suffer like pain you know what I mean)

the idea is to nip it NOW before it gets too far before a solid precedent is set.