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SteveEisenberg · 12-25-2011, 10:51 PM

susan_cassidy and Ajax are right, but to explain a bit more or differently:

At www.amazon.com, in the Kindle Store, there is a Manage My Kindle interface in which you can set the maximum desired 3G transfer fee. Then, anything below that amount will wait for a WiFi connection. Being a relatively patient and thrifty person, I set the maximum transfer fee to $0.00. As a result, my transfers always wait for WiFi availability.

The idea of @free.kindle.com is to let you dictate that an individual transfer waits for WiFi, even if your transfer limit is high enough so it would normally go out right away on 3G. I've read on this site that Amazon was phasing out @free.kindle.com for new Kindle registrations, but maybe it is still available. If you set the maximum transfer fee to $0.00, @kindle.com and @free.kindle.com will work identically.

12-25-2011, 10:51 PM	#4
SteveEisenberg Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,463 Karma: 44114178 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: near Philadelphia USA Device: Kindle Kids Edition, Fire HD 10 (11th generation)	susan_cassidy and Ajax are right, but to explain a bit more or differently: At www.amazon.com, in the Kindle Store, there is a Manage My Kindle interface in which you can set the maximum desired 3G transfer fee. Then, anything below that amount will wait for a WiFi connection. Being a relatively patient and thrifty person, I set the maximum transfer fee to $0.00. As a result, my transfers always wait for WiFi availability. The idea of @free.kindle.com is to let you dictate that an individual transfer waits for WiFi, even if your transfer limit is high enough so it would normally go out right away on 3G. I've read on this site that Amazon was phasing out @free.kindle.com for new Kindle registrations, but maybe it is still available. If you set the maximum transfer fee to $0.00, @kindle.com and @free.kindle.com will work identically. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 12-25-2011 at 10:54 PM.