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pizda · 10-10-2010, 05:11 PM

I am using 3G internet and have a limit of 5GB a month. When I reach the limit connection speed drops to 16kb/s which i very slow. It is not only modem speed but it can be also set by operator based on my SIM phone number or IMEI number.

I guess that if mobile browsing starts killing profits of amazon they will negotiate significant drop of speed that way people will just stop using browser. Speed of 16kb/s should be still quite ok for downloading books provided that they downloads in background while you can read anything else.

10-10-2010, 05:11 PM	#14
pizda Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 18 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: kindle, iPad	I am using 3G internet and have a limit of 5GB a month. When I reach the limit connection speed drops to 16kb/s which i very slow. It is not only modem speed but it can be also set by operator based on my SIM phone number or IMEI number. I guess that if mobile browsing starts killing profits of amazon they will negotiate significant drop of speed that way people will just stop using browser. Speed of 16kb/s should be still quite ok for downloading books provided that they downloads in background while you can read anything else.