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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Since the terms of the contract(s) between AT&T and Amazon are not, as far as I can tell, public, this is speculation. It may be a fixed cost multi-year contract.
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I did see published on amazon.com somewhere awhile back that they were paying Sprint 12 cents/MB. Sprint is still used for CDMA 3G in the US DX (white) and in kindle 2 units. Apparently others have seen the 12 cents/MB too. Here is one:
http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle?c...x2TB8HZ7PJ0P5U
I have seen mention that they have a different contract with AT&T where AT&T gets a share of ebook sales in exchanged for decreased 3G traffic cost to amazon.
The lost POTENTIAL revenue from ad hacking (even if widespread) would be a lot less than lost REAL revenue in 3G expenses incurred by widespread use of 3G tethering hacks. Until they get a LOT better at targeting relevant, interesting and useful ads, the potential ad revenue will be hard to realize and ad hacking will not have much impact on the bottom line at amazon.
Another way to look at it is with analogies. Removing ads is like stealing a CD. Stores consider this a cost of doing business and figure it into the retail costs. Publishing a popular 3G tethering hack is like burning down the store. Some businesses do not recover from such a loss.
It really comes down to "will it cost amazon enough to get their attention and make them care enough to clamp down on it" (perhaps by pushing a jailbreak-killer update). Lost ad revenue, maybe not. A huge 3G bill, certainly.
So, you make your choices, but you are not the only one who suffers the consequences of your actions. Enough said on this subject for now, I think. Some people just won't listen anyway. That's why Santa keeps a list.
