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There are differences from country to country, e.g. if you bought a Kindle in the US with an american address you can access the whole web in almost every other country (Italy, Spain, Germany...) for free. However you can only do so for about two weeks in a row, after that Amazon CS will contact you and tell you to get in touch with them and afterwards block your free web access outside the US. That is also what happened to some wannabe smart guys from europe who bought a US Kindle with fake US addresses.

If you for example buy an international Kindle from the US and live in Germany you will be able to access the english wikipedia via 3G for free but nothing else. You also still can receive documents via 3G although that will cost you a fee.

So there basicly is free web access for some countries and some amazon customers, but most are covered only for a short time. With an US Kindle you would be doing fine for a vacation in europe, with an international you better start looking for wifi spots (at least in Germany).


*Edit*
There was a time when some K2 models seemed to be able access the whole web for free in Germany. At least some users reported this to be the case in some forums, though in general what i wrote above applies.