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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan
I suppose that Amazon doesn't give you anything because the network doesn't belong to Amazon. They have an agreement in USA (not all the country as I've read) for an specific use and, if they want to use another networks, they've to get another agreements. I think you can't compare the two situations.
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well, yes, amazon doesn't own it, but the are paying SOMETHING to use it, and amazon grants me that access... for "free" by virtue of owning a Kindle (new, used, they don't seem to care)... so they are effectively "giving me" the network for free.
it's somewhat comparable due to the perceived differences in costs for the various services, in particular, the high costs and known profits compared to the actual overhead.
amazon must certainly have brokered a fantastic deal for the network access... don't have any idea how they did that or what they pay, but WOW. i can imagine in another country they'd be turned down for lowballing and/or not want to pay going rates. so it goes.
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