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Old 05-03-2011, 11:33 AM   #46
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Thank you for the info about "my clippings". I haven't ordered yet because the gift certificate promotion has to be mailed to the same address, and I'm not sure when I will head back to Alabama. Still no power where I live, I think.
I have a suspicion that if you called Amazon customer service and explained your situation, they would make an exception for you.

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Old 12-13-2011, 10:40 AM   #47
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Can the 3G network connection be used with mplayer to play internet radio streams? I may need to replace my WiFi kindle and if this works I would consider an upgrade to the 3G instead of getting another WiFi unit. If you have a 3G unit with mplayer installed and are willing to test this I can provide a copy of the modified control.sh and mplayer.ini that I use to accomplish this.

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Old 12-13-2011, 10:59 AM   #48
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Can the 3G network connection be used with mplayer to play internet radio streams? I may need to replace my WiFi kindle and if this works I would consider an upgrade to the 3G instead of getting another WiFi unit. If you have a 3G unit with mplayer installed and are willing to test this I can provide a copy of the modified control.sh and mplayer.ini that I use to accomplish this.

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Well even if it was possible i would advise to not doing it because of high 3G fees on Amazon side. Who knows they might charge you for some of it too.
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Old 12-13-2011, 11:18 AM   #49
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Well even if it was possible i would advise to not doing it because of high 3G fees on Amazon side. Who knows they might charge you for some of it too.
That sounds odd to me, as all of these streams are passed using http protocol. Thus they should appear as browser use to the carrier. As an example, the URI for one of the streams is:

http://provisioning.streamtheworld.c.../WABCAMAAC.pls

This returns a playlist file of URIs to be used for the streaming audio. A sample of these would be:

[playlist]
File1=http://6703.live.streamtheworld.com:80/WABCAMAAC_SC
File2=http://6703.live.streamtheworld.com:3690/WABCAMAAC_SC
File3=http://6703.live.streamtheworld.com:443/WABCAMAAC_SC
File4=http://5283.live.streamtheworld.com:80/WABCAMAAC_SC
File5=http://5283.live.streamtheworld.com:3690/WABCAMAAC_SC
File6=http://5283.live.streamtheworld.com:443/WABCAMAAC_SC
...

So whatever stream is to be played is an http URI and in this case is a relatively low bandwidth audio stream.

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assuming you are listening a 64 kbps stream, it makes a total of 28.125 mb per hour. I've read amazon pays about £0.20 to vodafone in England, as i am living in europe too i assume prices would be about the same which makes £5.625 or about $8.71. I guess it is a bit high price amazon is willing to pay for long term. Especially if you plan to listen about 2-3 hours everyday.
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assuming you are listening a 64 kbps stream, it makes a total of 28.125 mb for hour. I've read amazon pays about £0.20 to vodafone in England, as i am living in europe too i assume prices would be about the same which makes £5.625 or about $8.71. I guess it is a bit high price amazon is willing to pay for long term. Especially if you plan to listen about 2-3 hours everyday.
I see your point, although I am unsure of the figures here in the US. I also understand that the 3G is only used when WiFi is not available, so I doubt my usage of 3G would come anywhere near that figure.

It would be interesting to tabulate some statistics for web browser usage to see how it would compare to this. The last time I did so was to make use of Google maps to search out a route that I had expected to be clear which I found not as well marked as I expected on the highway. Of course I did this in a WiFi hotspot, but I imagine the map images being downloaded for displayed must have accounted for several MB in that 5-10 minute session.

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Old 12-21-2011, 11:11 AM   #52
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I was actually reading the TOS for Kindle 3 and it specifies that 3G must only be used for the Kindle Store, if you want to use the browser, it must be with a Wi-Fi connection. Sounds logic. I check my mail and Twitter once in a while, though. And every book I've ever "purchased" in Amazon was a freebie.
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