Comments on: Kindle available in Burundi but not Canada?!?

By: stan

stan — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:33:04 +0000

dont we have some kind of antimonopoly trust?
if europe can sue microsoft multiple times, who will take on rogers?
i hate to see skydome called rc.

By: saeed

saeed — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:58:15 +0000

Hey Someone,

Thanks for the comment. You may be right. Perhaps it’s time to sell short on Rogers Communication shares!

By: someone173

someone173 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:56:14 +0000

My best guess is this:

If this was a year ago (or even half), there’d be no guessing who would get the Kindle (Rogers). That’s because the Kindle uses GSM (Sim cards), and over the last several years, Rogers has been the ONLY provider with this type of technology. Now, Bell and Telus (formerly using CDMA) are staring to make the switch to GSM, along with about 3 other new carriers being set up, which are very likely to use the same technology. When everyone is now at the same level, and the Kindle can only go to one carrier, what do we get?

The C word we haven’t heard in ages in the cellphone market: Competition.

The fact that the Kindle’s not in Canada while the rest of the world is using it now sucks, but the fact that Amazon actually has to decide what carrier to give it to actually might be a good sign for the consumer. For example, we might actually see lower prices, since everyone’s trying to compete for the best deal, unlike the state where we’re in now, where Rogers ramps up the prices for everything and no one can do anything about it.

But that’s just my guess.

By: saeed

saeed — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:34:18 +0000

Doc,

I’m not sure if you are serious (which would be really scary) or joking (as the tone doesn’t appear that way).

If you are serious — and I hope you’re not — Canadian Bacon is a FICTIONAL movie. It’s not a factually correct representation of Canada. Don’t believe it.

If you are joking — and I hope you are — a smiley or two might help get the sardonic tone across much better.

By: Doc Brown

Doc Brown — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:58:27 +0000

Ok so you are all retarded has no one seen Canadian Bacon its the law in your country that everything has to be in both English and French, meaning that if if Amazon sells Kindles to you then every book that it sells would have to be in both languages which I dont think amazon wants to translate every book they have considering that it only supports english (Even if there tech support doesnt ie INDIA)
Its your own countries fault go talk to your government if you wanna change that.

By: saeed

saeed — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:31:57 +0000

It’s most likely related to the wireless carriers in Canada, which makes the situation with wireless providers all the more frustrating.

There is little if any competition here, rates are high, customer service is bad, options are not great. For example Canada is the only country I’m aware of where the iPhone requires a 3 (yes three) year contract.

Rogers has been so greedy that thankfully Apple is removing Rogers’ exclusive right on the iPhone and will allow competitors to sell it. This is a first, from what I understand, for any country in the world.

And Rogers got the iPhone because the other carriers in Canada didn’t have GSM support at the time.

What a sad situation for the country where the telephone was invented.

Saeed

By: Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:02:47 +0000

I agree that it seems bizarre but my guess is that Rogers–not Amazon– is being difficult. After all, the wireless capability in Kindle uses the cell network. I’m sure that the Amazon guys love Canada. Who doesn’t? And isn’t Amazon in Seattle? That’s basically Canada, right?

By: jdrennan

jdrennan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:47:10 +0000

Given that the Kindle requires a wireless provider, it probably comes down to the fees from Rogers Wireless

By: saeedwkhan

saeedwkhan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:03:56 +0000

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By: comgateway

comgateway — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:50:18 +0000

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