Thread: Amazon Limiting 3G Internet Access via its Kindle Web Browser to 50 MB a Month
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Old 07-25-2012, 04:06 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by teh603 View Post
What makes Amazon an ISP is that you buy your Kindle's 3G data package from it, and that allows it to decide just what you can do with that internet access.
In this particular case, throttling makes sense.

The Kindle is not designed to be an all-purpose web-browsing device. The idea behind the connection is to provide connectivity to Whispernet. The costs are offset by your purchases.

AFAIK the Tea Party had nothing to do with neutralizing net neutrality, nor has it been permanently defeated. The primary opposition is large ISP's like Verizon and Comcast, which want to prioritize their own offerings over Youtube and other bandwidth-hogging services.
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