07-29-2012, 01:04 AM | #76 |
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The symptoms you describe are nothing to do with Amazon locking anything down; it indicates a problem with your local 3G coverage. Try taking your Kindle a couple of miles away and try to connect again. I suspect the local cell tower has a fault.
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07-29-2012, 03:45 AM | #77 |
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I hardly use the 3G, but if I am on holiday I would use a three 3G card as it is 3Giga for 3 months with no contract. Though it will not work abroad as it is not registered, but the Kindle would then work - 3G is expensive for the three network - WHEN ABROAD.
There is a temptation to tether, but most people just would not be bothered (and there is the risk of bricking your Kindle, and being caught by Amazon), even 50Mega is enough for occasional use abroad. BASICALLY IT IS A NOVELTY FOR MOST - OR FOR EMERGENCIES, WHICH ARE RARE. Last edited by peter12345; 07-29-2012 at 03:48 AM. |
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07-29-2012, 01:07 PM | #80 |
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I think that is sad that Amazon started controlling or reducing 3G usage. This is in direct result of some people abusing of the service or using the Kindle for much more than reading ebooks.
Hope the Amazon store access won't be affected , don't think so, but this is why I've always being so reluctant of cracking and rooting devices; Long term, we end affecting those companies, even when it's not our intention. I'm a strong advocate of paying for what I use or need, that includes Internet access. |
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07-29-2012, 03:22 PM | #81 | |
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Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a try! |
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07-29-2012, 03:31 PM | #82 | |
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Harry thinks it might be due to a hiccup in my local 3G connectivity, and he could be right. I'll readily admit that my assumption it was to do with Amazon Kindle locking things down too far could have been premature. Anyhow I'm a sample of 1, here... not enough to extrapolate from, I think! On another note, I've been wondering if the 50MB cap is being introduced in the foreign market as something of a trial run, to test the waters and see how much public reaction/pushback Amazon Kindle are likely to get if they introduce it domestically. |
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07-29-2012, 05:00 PM | #83 | |
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Now, personally, I do use the Kindle for "much more than eBooks," because I use it at least as much to read essays and news articles as to read books. Some of this involves the browser, and some does not. The great thing about the browser, for me, is that you can get a broader international perspective on the news. Here are examples that have rarely if ever been mentioned before on this site: http://m.timesofindia.com/ http://k.nhk.jp/daily/ http://mobile.ghanaweb.com/wap http://m.theage.com.au/ With large print, thanks to Robin Gardner's readingthenet.com, these are respectively: http://www.readingthenet.com/mob?ct=...mesofindia.com http://www.readingthenet.com/mob?ct=....jp%2Fdaily%2F http://www.readingthenet.com/mob?ct=...aweb.com%2Fwap http://www.readingthenet.com/mob?ct=...eage.com.au%2F Above four in easy-to-enter format are respectively: tinyurl.com/7gmf6ae tinyurl.com/d9lwp85 tinyurl.com/d4qvhxm tinyurl.com/cn6kr4l Even if people add a bit of emailing to internet eReading of sites like these, I don't see getting to 50M in a month, especially after a confirming opinion in #68 (thanks andrys). Disabling of images recommended. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 07-29-2012 at 05:37 PM. |
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If the Kindle is hacked to be a wifi hotspot , it can certainly hit or allow high traffic. Now, I don't know exactly how much, but it can be several MBs or more depending of the site. That's what I was referring to when I made my comment. I can't imagine how someone can hit more than that using Wikipedia only. Also, while I totally respect your opinion about using the Kindle for more than reading books or using Wikipedia, maybe emails, I think that the browser is totally useless. It's handy , but nothing more. The slow page refresh of the eink screen does not make the experience a good one. I like o have the 3G because I can buy and download from everywhere, even when I'm visiting my family in South America. And for Wikipedia is really nice too, because Wikipedia is mostly text with a few static images. I prefer a tablet for browsing Internet and use my Kindle 3G for reading only. Less distractions, the better. Last edited by jocampo; 07-30-2012 at 10:44 PM. |
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What if Amazon made tethering legal, so they could charge like 10MB per pence for 3G when abroad, or home?
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08-01-2012, 08:11 AM | #86 |
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What if you requested that feature from amazon at their own kindle support website? Would they be more likely to see it then, and perhaps even respond to your "what if" proposal? Did you ask them? Did they answer?
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I have had exactly this behavior here at home in the UK. The problem goes away in an hour or two or if I go for a walk to another cell. What I theorise is happening is that the local cell/ tower is heavily loaded and is discarding lower priority requests (or the network itself has problems so even voice is problematical). Thus if Amazon is only paying for a lowish data priority (possibly different for web browsing and Kindle store) the signal strength is indeed three bars but nothing can be sent. Sometimes a message then follows suggesting I try a restart. As to 50 MB a month being reasonable, I use the web browser to get a free daily newspaper at 1-5 MB per day http://mythic-beasts.com/~mark/rando...an-for-kindle/ or download a book from Baenebooks.com at less than a MB. So a couple of weeks outside Britain would get me over the limit. |
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IMHO you're not a 'bad apple' if you hit that limit by surfing with your Kindle. Last edited by joblack; 08-19-2012 at 06:58 AM. |
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