Comcast (or whoever) pays for your infrastructure. (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, June 07, 2018, 23:31 (2150 days ago) @ Funkmon

So, if you're using it more heavily, upgrades will be needed sooner. The infrastructure is to access something free, but certain things cost Comcast infinitesimally more than other things.

In much the same way, you pay a taxi cab money to use their car for access to nominally free roads. But, if you take 3 other people, and use slightly more resources, meaning the car will have to be repaired ever so slightly sooner, the taxi cab charges a slightly higher rate.

This is no different.

Taxi cabs clearly state 'all passengers ride for the price of one'. If they had a problem with it, they'd charge each passenger separately. So if Comcast has a problem, it should change its pricing structure.

I still don't understand.

Comcast has to invest in infrastructure to make their service work. Ford has to invest in factories to build their cars. It's an expense of doing business. Charge enough to cover that.