bn1221
join:2009-04-29
Cortland, NY | 250GB/year or 250MB per month I doubt 250GB/year (though for $50/year that would be nice) |
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| ? At their press event today Amazon hinted at the fact that users could upgrade to 3GB and 5GB data plans, but they didn't give spice specifics on those options. Are we cooking with data today? |
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 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | reply to bn1221
Re: 250GB/year or 250MB per month said by bn1221:I doubt 250GB/year (though for $50/year that would be nice)
250MB/mo for a yearly fee of $50
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 bbeesleyVIP
join:2003-08-07
Richardson, TX
kudos:5 | reply to JasonBourne
Re: ? I love those spicy data plans but sadly, they usually give me heartburn in the end. |
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 J E F FWhatta Ya Think About Dat?Premium
join:2004-04-01
Kitchener, ON
kudos:1 | reply to Linklist
Re: 250GB/year or 250MB per month Meh, someone skipped the Starbucks this morning... |
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WHT
join:2010-03-26
Rosston, TX
kudos:5 | reply to bn1221
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$50 per year with a monthly data cap of 250MB
That's 250 GB per MONTH for $50 per year.
$50 per year is a mere $4.20 per month. That's in line for 250 MB per month. Hmmm..250 MB. That's less than two Lady Gaga YouTube videos per month. |
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LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5
1 edit | 9" Fire can compete w iPad given Amazon media availability |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | reply to WHT
Re: 250GB/year or 250MB per month Those must be some looooooong YouTube videos. Seeing as how 1 Mbps video (YouTube is less) is 7.5 MB per minute. So 250MB per month spread over two videos would be 16+ minutes per video. |
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 RRedlineRated RPremium
join:2002-05-15
Williamsport, PA | 250 MB / Month??? Enjoy watching your ONE television episode on Netflix each month before reaching your cap.
Hooray for ridiculous data caps! I can just smell the progress we are making with regards to digital content distribution.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| Title needs to be fixed 250 MB per MONTH for $50 per YEAR
Which makes perfect sense...just over $4 per month for a quarter-gig of data. That's $17 or so per GB. Not great by any stretch, but much, MUCH better than what you could get directly for AT&T in that quantity, for pricing or data volume.
I have a feeling that I'll be picking up this device just so I have something that can use AT&T LTE, for testing. Though at $500 I can afford to wait until another firmware revision or two rolls by. |
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LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5
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Re: 250 MB / Month??? said by RRedline:Enjoy watching your ONE television episode on Netflix each month before reaching your cap.
Hooray for ridiculous data caps! I can just smell the progress we are making with regards to digital content distribution.
You do video streaming and downloading a movie to the Fire on WiFi - not on 4G data plan. The 4G data is to get an email on the move or an IM from someone. Use the device as it should be, then the cap isn't a problem. » news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-575077···1_3-0-20Amazon already fired a shot across Apple's bow with its $499 Kindle Fire, which Bezos compares directly to the iPad. He argued that the total cost of the Kindle Fire plus its $50 annual data plan -- $549 -- put it well iahead of the $959 that it would cost for an iPad and LTE data plan for the first year.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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Your point?
AT&T is the underlying provider here. They aren't going to undercut themselves. The 250MB is there so you can surf the web (no video) and download eBooks (not TV episodes) while on the go. For those activities on a tablet, it's a completely reasonable amount. |
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| Agreed, it's a surf the web and email initial offering. I'm surprized amazon could get them this low for an entire year.
To put this in perspective your paying $4.19 a month for this 250mb a month plan. |
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Yeah, gotta agree on that. With wi-fi as common as it is, finding access won't be an issue. And, while you aren't going to do much heavy duty access with that cap, it's entirely reasonable for light stuff when you can't get wi-fi.
And what do you expect for less than five bucks a month? |
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RRedlineRated RPremium
join:2002-05-15
Williamsport, PA
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said by Linklist:You do video streaming and downloading a movie to the Fire on WiFi - not on 4G data plan. The 4G data is to get an email on the move or an IM from someone. Use the device as it should be, then the cap isn't a problem.
Even a modest 20 Mbps LTE connection can download 250 MB in about 1.5 minutes. I realize that $50 per year is very cheap, but come on. 250 MB/month is practically nothing.
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RRedlineRated RPremium
join:2002-05-15
Williamsport, PA | reply to MovieLover76
said by MovieLover76:Agreed, it's a surf the web and email initial offering. I'm surprized amazon could get them this low for an entire year.
To put this in perspective your paying $4.19 a month for this 250mb a month plan.
8-9 MB per day. Have fun with that on a tablet. I use way more than that on my phone, and I don't stream any media to it.
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LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | The much rumored Amazon smartphone didn't happen There was talk all week about Amazon also announcing a smartphone to do battle with the iPhone. But it didn't happen and was not even brought up at all at the Amazon event.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | reply to RRedline
Re: 250 MB / Month??? Think about it this way: with that little data, you'll make a concerted effort to use the tablet on WiFi whenever possible.
If you do that and don't tether (speaking from experience with my iPad on a 1GB plan), you'll stay under 250MB. |
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 Subaru1-3-2-4Premium
join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT | reply to Linklist
Re: The much rumored Amazon smartphone didn't happen said by Linklist:There was talk all week about Amazon also announcing a smartphone to do battle with the iPhone. But it didn't happen and was not even brought up at all at the Amazon event.
I don't understand why Amazon would need or want to make a smartphone.. It's just dumb. |
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| 8.9" 1920x1200 display for $299... Ipad 3 killer there.. |
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