[StuartV]

You are either not getting an EVDO signal, or you have something setup wrong.

I use my Pearl on Verizon tethered to my laptop all the time. It is my only Internet access from my laptop during the day at work. I have gotten speeds well over 1 Mbit at times in the past.

That said, the Pearl is EVDO Rev 0 and the Storm is EVDO Rev A. The difference in theoretical speeds is that Rev A is 50% faster on downloads (Rev A rated up to roughly 3 Mbit), and 1000% (yes, 10x) faster on uploads (Rev A rated, I think, around 1.5Mbit).