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Originally Posted by NatCh
Anyway, if they can negotiate a per KB rate with no monthly connection fee (odd, yes, but not that far-fetched an idea for a company with their throw-weight),
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Nothing at all far-fetched about that.
Most people in the UK have "pay as you go" mobile phones, rather than ones with a monthly contract, and that's exactly how data traffic is charged on such deals. I have one myself and only get charged for the data I transfer - I think the rate is about 7p/MB. If you're a heavy mobile internet user (I'm certainly not) there are price plans which give you much lower rates with a minimum monthly fee.
Given that books are pretty small files (a typical novel is generally around 200-300kb as an eBook) such charging would work fine.