I am writing this on my CR-48 netbook, streaming my music from Amazon’s Cloud Drive while I am tethered to my Nexus S which is acting as a WIFI hotspot (built in to Android) on the T-Mobile network, vacationing in AZ. The connection speed in excellent, I don’t notice a difference between this and my DSL back home. Actually when our DSL goes out, both my wife and I tether and work fine.