Thread: Amazon Kindle goes international
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Old 10-08-2009, 04:27 PM   #237
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Originally Posted by sforce View Post
"Using The International Kindle Could Rack Up Fees"

"Not only does the new international Kindle cost more than its U.S. counterpart, owners who want to take advantage of the wireless connectivity will be paying more for it. In addition to the $2 per-book fee for non-U.S. downloads, paidContent has learned from Amazon (NasdaqGS: AMZN - News) that it will cost users $5 a week to access their newspaper, magazine and blog subscriptions via Whispernet. (Whispernet is the name of Amazon's wireless network, no matter which carrier delivers the service.) Also, as I explain below, the cost of downloading a book though the AT&T-managed international Whispernet will run roughly 13 times higher than Amazon currently charges in the U.S. for the same size file delivered by Sprint-managed Whispernet through e-mail." (more)

This also may be 100% wrong. From some sleuths here diving into the Amazon terms and also asking Amazon support the above is only true if you are a US person.

In other words you only pay the surcharges outside of your home country. So yes, if a US personal was on vacation in Spain (or whatever is a supported roaming country) for a week and still wanted their blogs/subscriptions delivered they would have to pay the $5 surcharge.

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