said by camper:Aside from the utilities you cite, none of the industries say they will deliver to you a rate of delivery with a capacity cap.
Hmmmm... maybe there's something to your point?
Ahh, but none of those has to triple the size of there pipe every year or 2... at their own expense, make what should be a 20,30 ,40 year plant investment, over and over.
nor are you likely to use their service for the 1-2 "promo" and then cut of service altogether due to some new (wireless, fiber, ???) coming along.
in fact sewer usual charges $4-10k when added (or wrapped in to the mortgage) and then continues to charge something each month whether you use it or not, water and gas do something like that... plus install, inspect, and meter fees.
The gas station doesn't care, if you have a care/mower/generator/boat/etc. you'll get their eventually, plus they don't make money on gas, it's lotto tickets, old hot dogs, cheetos and BEER that pays their rent.