[MrHawaii]

Originally Posted by boredandtattooed

and an EVO is no more capable of being a bandwidth hog than any of the other several 1ghz devices out already.... non 4G customers will barely be able to use more band than they already do now on current devices

That may or may not be true, I wouldn't have data to back it up either way. They are surely speculating we will use more with features never really used in the US before like video conferencing. I would think that takes up a lot more bandwidth than anything else we do today. When I get my first bill with one full month of service, if it's on there I will compare kb usage with the EVO from the TP2.

Lets say for this discussion it is true, I use the same amount of bandwidth with my EVO on 3G/4G than I did with my TP2 on 3G. Heck, lets say I used less. Wouldn't the cost to maintain both networks for me to use when I'm ready to use it be more than the one network alone?

Look at it this way, (these numbers are purely speculation) if the cost to run one 3G site 24/7 for one month is $100. The cost to run one 4G site, which is cheaper, (what Hesse actually said) for 24/7 for one month is $50. The cost for them to run both sites, for me an EVO user to use when I am ready, is more than the cost of either site on it's own.