Or whatever word you want to use. I flew out with a viper and was able to go on endlessly, well until my 20 seconds ran out, at least. So the entire map is there for us, it is just covered in a blanket of red-zone. This has me confused, CCP can either:
a) Open up the map for full usage, or
b) Cut out all the pieces we aren't using to free bandwidth, etc. and give us a smoother game.

But instead they are just sitting on this massive amount of land that we can't use. Yes, some of you say, but we don't have 24v24 yet, so a massive map would be a little too big. I'm just suggesting they open up SOME of it, I mean we are barely using a fraction of the map if you open up your Neocom and zoom out, so why not use twice the fraction of a map, or maybe thrice? Would that be too much? I think not.

Map don't "use bandwidth". You only download them once when you have to get the map update.

They do use memory, but the map system is using MegaTexture which means parts of the map you are not using / nearby are loaded with less detail and therefore take up less memory anyway.

CCP is actually placing multiple map areas on the same terrain geometry just in different areas. I guess that might be a clever way to let them have more complex map horizons when in actuality you are seeing a different map area that boarders the one you are playing on. This is not very apparent in the current build's maps, but it was in previous ones.