Comments on: Kindle Wireless Fees Not Out of the Question?

By: P. Rad

P. Rad — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:46:33 +0000

@Mike. The only fees that I know of are those for downloads and so on. I think the rest Amazon has kept to itself. I have read the T&Cs and all related documents over and over again. Amazon talks about “fees” but never mentions how much. I do browse and tweet on my Kindle. Amazon doesn’t care at this point but it does reserve the right to charge you or drop you as a customer.

By: Mike S.

Mike S. — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:00:42 +0000

Has anyone actually found this illusive list of current fees for such services should someone decide to browse the web on their Kindle? Kind of strange that they list this in their Wireless Connectivity policy yet fail to produce prices on their website.

By: How Would Sprint Bankruptcy Affect Kindle? | K.indled

How Would Sprint Bankruptcy Affect Kindle? | K.indled — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:57:40 +0000

[...] that Amazon has considered subscription plans in the past and even reserves the right to discontinue the wireless service, Sprint going out of business doesn’t seem to be the ideal situation.Â Amazon provides [...]

By: Amazon Increases Kindle Conversion Fees | K.indled

Amazon Increases Kindle Conversion Fees | K.indled — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:58:55 +0000

[...] few weeks ago, I reported here that Amazon had left all the doors open to increasing its wireless fees in the future. In a move that could signal more fee increases for Kindle owners, Amazon has announced that it [...]

By: Amazon Kindle’s Cost Analysis | K.indled

Amazon Kindle’s Cost Analysis | K.indled — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:04:02 +0000

[...] doesn’t want users to go overboard with their wireless connections, which is why it has introduced a set of guidelines to keep the door open for wireless fees in the [...]

By: Amazon Bans Dishonest Customers | K.indled

Amazon Bans Dishonest Customers | K.indled — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:30:01 +0000

[...] few weeks ago, I had a chance to go over the Kindle user agreement, and I was shocked about what Amazon is allowed to do according to the document that all of us have [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:02:21 +0000

Amazon kept the option open to charge for wireless just because they basically had to. If it turns out that Kindles somehow start eating up Sprint’s bandwidth, they wouldn’t have any other way to get that money back.

On the other hand, it’s hard for me to look at that as anything more than a Doomsday scenario for Amazon, to be exercised just before they filed for Chapter 11. In all likelihood, the wireless on the Kindle will be a *huge* cash cow for the company (or, at least its book division). Why would they want to kill that off by charging for wireless access? In the end, it might even be cheaper for them to just recall the old Kindles and retrofit them with wi-fi. (I don’t know how expensive a project that would be, but I imagine it would be a more attractive prospect than letting such a lucrative system slip through their fingers.

By: cameron

cameron — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:19:08 +0000

Lets just remember that we already are paying for the wireless connection. It is added into the existing price of the kindle and books you buy on the kindle.

If Amazon starting charging for using the wireless connection to do anything not related to the amazon store and could then offer cheaper kindles. I would be happy to take that deal.

What i really hope for is Amazon allows the Opera people to make a web browser for the kindle. Opera knows how to make web browsers for mobile devices better then just about anyone. Even if i had to pay for it. it would have to be a better experience then what we have now.

By: P. Rad

P. Rad — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:04:11 +0000

Let me be clear. I doubt it’s in Amazon’s best interest to charge us customers, but they already have made us all agree to it. So if they want to, they can do it easily.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:25:07 +0000

One way or another you are already paying for the wireless connection.

Either Amazon is charging more for the Kindle to pay for the cost of the connection OR they are charging more on books to pay for it.

Since i have not heard of anyone getting charged for the internet connection or being disconnected from the wireless services i do not think this is all that big a deal.

Right now browsing the web on the Kindle is a bit of a pain and i don’t see that changing any time soon.

If Amazon can change that somehow and make browsing the internet on the Kindle a great experience then i would be more then willing to pay a monthly fee for the internet.