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Originally Posted by Tuna
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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The user doesn't need to know, but certainly the phone company (Sprint, in the US) "benefits" from it. You don't think they're providing data transmission out of the "goodness of their hearts", do you? They certainly have a contract with Amazon to do so.