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Originally Posted by karunaji
The absurdity of closed delivery system where delivery costs are hidden from customers are again raising its ugly head.
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Oh, it's
you again. What a shock.
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Originally Posted by karunaji
In most cases the actual data costs are 10 times less....
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Not in the US. AT&T charges $10/mb for ad hoc data use. One of the few cheap plans is Boost, which will charge you $10/month for unlimited data. That's $120/year, which is almost the same cost as the Kindle itself.
Data-only SIMs are not common in the US, especially in suburban and rural areas. I don't even know where I'd find one without doing research.
So, as I've mentioned previously, for some of us paying for data is a losing proposition and an unwanted complication.
And, as I keep telling you, no one is going to pass the proposed cost savings on to consumers. No one, nobody,
personne, it's not happening. It didn't happen when Amazon boosted the royalty rate on magazines from 30% to 70%, and it won't happen if you put your own SIM into your Kindle.
By the way, I suggest you read Daniel Ariely's
Predictably Irrational to figure out another reason why Amazon and B&N will resist dropping the free (to the consumer) downloads. Believe it or not, most people would actually rather have "free" over paying $0.02 per mb....
