No Kindle for Canada

Re:No Kindle for Canada by chaosmachine on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @11:34PM (#868203)

"A spokesperson for Amazon refused to say why the device is not being made available in Canada."

I was hoping the CBC had managed to find out why.

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Re:No Kindle for Canada by naz on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @11:43PM (#868210)

Just speculating but: Rogers. They own the GSM networks here and they are utterly awful. Worse than AT&T.

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Re:No Kindle for Canada by codedivine on Thursday October 08, 2009 @01:12AM (#868356)

Bell/Telus are launching a GSM network soon (in November). Maybe (hopefully?) the Kindle will launch on their network.

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Re:No Kindle for Canada by dawie on Thursday October 08, 2009 @12:39AM (#868298)

My Rogers connections are fine. They fast, but expensive. I bet Rogers has something to do with Amazon not coming to Canada sooner.

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Re:No Kindle for Canada by billswift on Thursday October 08, 2009 @09:12AM (#868904)

I don't know, but something I read a few months ago (can't remember where) and one of the comments on the linked article suggested that it is because of the way cell phone fees are structured in Canada; Amazon can't afford to download books without charging extra, and isn't interested in the hassle of changing its system for a minor market. I have no idea if this is true, but it fits what little I know.

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