It's 250MB[0], and that same allotment on the iPad through AT&T is $15/mo[1], or $180/yr. Someone's making up the difference, or someone at AT&T is getting a ra

It's 250MB[0], and that same allotment on the iPad through AT&T is $15/mo[1], or $180/yr. Someone's making up the difference, or someone at AT&T is getting a rather concerned phone call from Tim Cook about now. EDIT: For what it's worth, VZ's lowest iPad package is $20/mo for 1GB. If their costs were totally linear re: traffic (doubt it), the same package as above could be $5/mo ($60/yr) before any subsidy, and $10 is much easier for Amazon to make up than $130. It's entirely possible Amazon could have twisted AT&T down to this level, but not without AT&T getting heat from Apple in the process. EDIT2: ...or the non-optional lockscreen ads may be helping Amazon's costs a bit. [0] http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/09/kindle-fires-4g-package-offers-250mb-of-data-a-month-for-50-a-year/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/09/kindle-fires-4g-packa... [1] http://store.apple.com/us/buy/home/shop_ipad/family/ipad/new_ipad http://store.apple.com/us/buy/home/shop_ipad/family/ipad/new...