To Pad or not to Pad. That is the question.

I have been on the verge of taking the Pad plunge as of late but a very good article today in the Washington Post (Yes little Timmy, reading the newspaper is sill a good thing.) has made me rethink the issue. They have been pushing the new IPad and cell phones with the new 4G network hookup like crazy these days but apparently it may not be such a good deal for the average consumer. Apparently these super fast networks come at a cost in that they are monster bandwidth hogs. Many experts think that with the explosion of on line demand for streaming video and music that the existing system just will not be able to handle the load. As a result virtually no cell phone companies is offering unlimited data downloads anymore and the costs for watching high data content is rapidly going beyond the reach of the average consumer's checkbook. So, do I really need a new IPad with super 4G if I am not willing to lay out the dough to pay for the data?

One thing they noted, they do make an IPad that can only utilize local wireless access and does not use the 4G network at all. This is probably the best option for me. But that begs the question. What real value does the super high resolution then have if you can make use that screaming fast hookup? Dunno really, but I do know that I want one of those things.