Amazon now charges per MB for whispernet delivery of own personal content!

kaas · 04-30-2009, 07:34 AM

Boy, it does look ever worse for the kindle...

from gizmodo.com ( http://gizmodo.com/5233959/kindles-w...y-the-megabyte)

"The way things used to work, a single dime would grant you a Whispernet delivery of anything from a simple JPEG photo to a 120-page manuscript of your Xena: Warrior Princess fanfic novella. Now, Amazon has introduced a progressive payment scale, based on the size of the converted document. It's pretty simple: $0.15 for every megabyte transferred over Whispernet, rounded to the next whole megabyte. In effect, this means that the minimum transfer charge is $0.152

Well I guess it was to be expected...

Cheers,

kaas

tech_au · 04-30-2009, 07:45 AM

It certainly looks like Amazon are entering the "screw your customers for as much as we can get before they go elsewhere" phase

netseeker · 04-30-2009, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tech_au

It certainly looks like Amazon are entering the "screw your customers for as much as we can get before they go elsewhere" phase

Well, maybe they had to learn first that such services can grow to a major expense factor.

HarryT · 04-30-2009, 08:51 AM

Please continue the discussion here:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45815

There's already a lengthy thread on this topic.

Thanks!

Thread closed.

04-30-2009, 07:34 AM	#1
kaas Muncher of ebooks Posts: 257 Karma: 1677 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fürth, Germany Device: Pocketbook 360	Amazon now charges per MB for whispernet delivery of own personal content! Boy, it does look ever worse for the kindle... from gizmodo.com ( http://gizmodo.com/5233959/kindles-w...y-the-megabyte) "The way things used to work, a single dime would grant you a Whispernet delivery of anything from a simple JPEG photo to a 120-page manuscript of your Xena: Warrior Princess fanfic novella. Now, Amazon has introduced a progressive payment scale, based on the size of the converted document. It's pretty simple: $0.15 for every megabyte transferred over Whispernet, rounded to the next whole megabyte. In effect, this means that the minimum transfer charge is $0.152 Well I guess it was to be expected... Cheers, kaas

04-30-2009, 08:51 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 22,302 Karma: 39165 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Gen3, Opus, iRex DR1000S, iPod Touch, HTC Touch, PRS-600, Kindle 2	Please continue the discussion here: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45815 There's already a lengthy thread on this topic. Thanks! Thread closed. __________________ Harry

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04-30-2009, 07:45 AM	#2
tech_au Oz Bookworm Posts: 328 Karma: 1796 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Device: Sony PRS 505	It certainly looks like Amazon are entering the "screw your customers for as much as we can get before they go elsewhere" phase