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No Kindle for Canada

8 points by tdewbury 17y ago

chaosmachine 17y ago
"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.
- naz 17y ago
  Just speculating but: Rogers. They own the GSM networks here and they are utterly awful. Worse than AT&T.
  - dawie 17y ago
    My Rogers connections are fine. They fast, but expensive. I bet Rogers has something to do with Amazon not coming to Canada sooner.
  - codedivine 17y ago
    Bell/Telus are launching a GSM network soon (in November). Maybe (hopefully?) the Kindle will launch on their network.
- billswift 17y ago
  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.
dhughes 17y ago
The Democratic Republic of Congo is getting the Kindle but not Canada, what the fuck!?
- rbanffy 17y ago
  Just a tought: perhaps Canada has laws that prevent remote deletion of books. That could be a showstopper for the Kindle as it is now. Anyone knows about the availability of Sony's Daily?
- mjgoins 17y ago
  Maybe the people in Canada have intellectual property freedoms to a greater degree than in the Congo. What could be worse for Amazon and the publishers than customers that expect to have rights? I wish I lived in a country with no Kindles.
simc 17y ago
It's not coming to New Zealand either. You have to wonder why they are excluding a substantial portion of the english speaking world.
fsniper 17y ago
Not coming to Turkey either. Being in a third world country sucks hard in every count.
billswift 17y ago
There is another article on this, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/why-you-cant-get-the-kindle-in-canada/article1316081/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/why-you-cant-... , also linked at HN, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=868723 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=868723 . It's speculation, similar to what I wrote here earlier, still no real news.

8 points by tdewbury 17y ago

"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.

naz 17y ago
Just speculating but: Rogers. They own the GSM networks here and they are utterly awful. Worse than AT&T.
- dawie 17y ago
  My Rogers connections are fine. They fast, but expensive. I bet Rogers has something to do with Amazon not coming to Canada sooner.
- codedivine 17y ago
  Bell/Telus are launching a GSM network soon (in November). Maybe (hopefully?) the Kindle will launch on their network.
billswift 17y ago
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.

dhughes 17y ago

The Democratic Republic of Congo is getting the Kindle but not Canada, what the fuck!?

rbanffy 17y ago
Just a tought: perhaps Canada has laws that prevent remote deletion of books. That could be a showstopper for the Kindle as it is now. Anyone knows about the availability of Sony's Daily?
mjgoins 17y ago
Maybe the people in Canada have intellectual property freedoms to a greater degree than in the Congo. What could be worse for Amazon and the publishers than customers that expect to have rights? I wish I lived in a country with no Kindles.

simc 17y ago

It's not coming to New Zealand either. You have to wonder why they are excluding a substantial portion of the english speaking world.

fsniper 17y ago

Not coming to Turkey either. Being in a third world country sucks hard in every count.

billswift 17y ago

There is another article on this, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/why-you-cant-get-the-kindle-in-canada/article1316081/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/why-you-cant-... , also linked at HN, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=868723 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=868723 . It's speculation, similar to what I wrote here earlier, still no real news.