EDGE is relatively slow. When tethering to my laptop I pull 250K with it at night, about 200 during the day. Supposedly they’re dedicating more bandwidth to EDGE because of the iPhone.
HSDPA, which is comparable to the fastest of EVDO sites, will be in Buffalo by the end of this year. The iPhone, for some unbeknownst reason to everyone, doesnt have it. Which makes no sense, giving the nature of what it is and the price point it’s at. Being a non-apple humper, I got a phone that was less money, no-contract, and better in every way, the Nokia N95. Which is compatible with this. If people looked more at the phone than the hype, a lot more of them probably would too. Fin.