I usually get 1700-1800kbps on the 3G here.
That's amazing considering my ADSL tops out at 2048kbps![]()

/looks towards his Virgin Media 50Mb! **downloaded EVE Online @ 5.7MB/sec**
Ho ho ho.
On a real note: I briefly used my iPhone with the MBA as a modem, signed up to their tethering package for like 2 months. Lag was the only problem, other than that I got similar to EVH was good enough for general browsing.