Yeah, all of the folks (me included) running non-OEM ROM probably have the HSPA fixe(s) in place, so no throttling upstream.
I crossed over the intracoastal this evening (where the signal really tends to improve) to return my Atrix Incipio case, and in the parking lot (bouncing between 2-3 of 4 possible bars) I got:
1728 down, and 1279 up
FWIW, my Atrix in close to the same location got ~1500 down, and 208 up.
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