The cheapest BT Boost phone is now only >> $59.00... I tether to Nextel all day, almost every day. You would be surprised what you can do @ 19.2 I can almost stream a local news radio station with only a less than a second stutter every 6 or 10 seconds or so.

I have put together a list of sites that I have modified via CSS or actual Web sites that I designed and store locally that cut out all the ad crap and get right down to the useful stuff.
Here is an example >> Weather Radar

That thread got buried during one of the recent changes but I have quite a few more if anybody is interested.

http://my.opera.com/yodude/blog/

Useful stuff like traffic cam images take about 3.5 seconds to load... slow by some standards but a whole lot better than no image.

Gmail is excellent using apopelo's excellent technique >> Gmail for iPhone on the tablet

I also tweaked the Internet search applet so it shows only mobile results with no ads. And local results with a mobile sized map. >> Tweaks

Mine rocks BTW.

Wow I just found this on Cnet. Scroll down to Boost Connection
I'm almost famous