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Old 05-30-2009, 03:54 PM   #174
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Originally Posted by Robertb View Post
I THINK what may be happening is that Amazon is trying to do a "subsidy" deal with the phone companies: "Help me sell the device cheaper and I will tie the customers to your plan". They do not want to let you choose a plan on your own as they gain nothing from that. Better stop here or I will be talking down an Astak competitor. Just trying to help.
I thought the point about the Kindle was that you don't have to know or care what plan it uses, or what carrier - it just works and costs you a fixed rate that Amazon handles. Having a Kindle doesn't force you to use a particular supplier, so it doesn't benefit the phone company in any way?
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