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Basically all bills in the US come in monthly. Keeps the number of transfers, letters, and emails down. And as everything is on the same schedule, it works pretty well.
A biweekly bill would fuck over a bunch of people as it would occasionally come in three times in a month; necessitating a larger amount of cash on hand to account for these months. (And people are, overall, really bad about having any cash on hand)
Edit: Rejiggered the comment a bit
Edit 2: People get paid in the US either monthly or biweekly.
Ah, this is different than the other comment implied. They said: