Do you have a 3G Kindle that will be affected by the end of the 3G networks in the U. Which solution will you use for your older Kindle ereader? Will you be trading in your older Kindle for a new model? Email address:. I will prefer to trade my 3G kindle for a new one to avoid any stress.
Hi Jeffrey, Great question. The End of 3G Networks in the U. Which Kindle Ereaders Are Affected by the End of 3G Kindle readers that connect to the Internet using a 3G network will no longer be able to download books over those networks. The following model Kindle ereaders connect to the Internet using 3G only and will not be able to download ebooks directly from the Internet after 3G networks are shut down: Kindle 1st and 2nd Generation — and Kindle DX 2nd Generation — These Kindle models connect to the Internet using 3G but also can connect using a Wi-Fi network.
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Telenor Norway said their 3G network will be completely shutoff in Three and Vodafone Europe-wide have confirmed that they are aiming to switch off 3G networks by , while Telenor Denmark has similar but unconfirmed plans. Sweden Telenor have started their 3G sunset last year, but promise rural areas will be supported until Swisscom said that they too will shutdown their 3G networks in Czech Republic will stop supporting 3G in , Finland in , Greece in , Italy in , Luxembourg in and Portugal in Vodafone turned off some of their network in and will continue on the MHZ frequency for the foreseeable future.
Indonesia will stop in and Pakistan in Suffice to say, I have not mentioned every country and their shutdown dates, for the ones I missed, there are a bunch of great sites that list the 3G sunset dates. Quite recently, Amazon had a global coverage map , that listed all of their carrier partners for the 3G Kindles.
They also listed about countries, where people could connect to 3G and buy digital content. It seems in the past few months, Amazon has disabled this coverage map and all of the links point to error pages. Many of the Kinde help files still have links to these coverage maps and no longer work. Examples include the Kindle Paperwhite. I only found this out, by doing research for my story. Separately, early Kindle owners can also trade-in their devices for a new model at this link.
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