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Aussies with Kindles and Whispernet

A question for all Australians, well, the ones who read this blog, how many of you have a kindle? Are any of you experiencing a problem with Whispernet? I've heard from a reliable source that several others in Adelaide have this problem, which is a relief since it means my actual much loved Kindle itself isn 't faulty. I'd like to hear from any of you about this, and from interstate readers too. Whispernet is the wireless system used to very quickly, (about two minutes per book),  download books purchased from Amazon to your Kindle device. My Whispernet connection has been unavailable to me for several weeks now. The alternative method of getting the books is to buy them, download them to my laptop, send them to my kindle documents page, then transfer them to kindle via usb connection. I knew this, but wasn't having any luck getting the books transferred. My daughter K, little genius that she is, came to my rescue, (she of the Firefox switcheroo set up...