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Old 04-30-2010, 03:33 AM   #27
Chris Crouch
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Device: Kindle 2, Kindle 3 & iPad
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Originally Posted by valerian View Post
Thanks Chris (I have posted another message to you down the page) for your info. What I would like to know is how the downloads work. If I download via computer, does that mean my monthly Telstra wireless usage is involved? I can't seem to get my head around how all this works. I live in country Victoria and we have G whatever it is phone coverage. Hope you can fill in the gaps for me! Thanks, Val
If you download via the computer, then you'll be using your Telstra wireless. Ebooks are quite small though, often less than a megabyte, so it's a trivial download size.

If you can get Telstra wireless coverage where you are, then you can probably download direct to a Kindle without involving your computer if you want. For books that you buy from Amazon and for samples, this is free - as I mentioned above, it's paid for by the extra $2 per book that we are charged.

According to Amazon's wireless coverage map 95% of Victoria is covered by 3G - see http://client0.cellmaps.com/tabs.html#cellmaps_intl_tab - so it's likely that you can download directly to your Kindle, especially if you get Telstra 3G wireless already.

Hope this helps!
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