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The 3G premium has been going up ($40 for KK, $50 for KT, now $60 for KPW), but I think it is speculative to say this is due to abuse, and not simply an attempt on amazon's part to 'align interests' (avoid losing money on the offer of free 3G, while offering a superior 'extended' reading experience).
The newer Kindles have more web-powered reading features than KK did, and these are easier to access. Wikipedia lookup, for example, used to require launching the browser, but is now integrated into the reading app (for showing article summary). FB/Twitter sharing is more friction free. Also they have added Bing Translate and Report Content Error. All of these still work over 3G. They may be planning to add more web-enabled features for KPW, or they expect people to use them more as they discover them. Every time they add such features, they have to anticipate what the cost is in terms of 3G overhead, since they have to build that into the cost of the devices with that feature over its entire lifetime.
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