Downloading over Cingular EGPRS(EDGE) here in the San Francisco Bay Area (San Ramon) continues to improve -- here's what I just saw for net throughput on a large FTP download using a Sony Ericsson GC82 PC Card (Class 10):
Minimum: 21.7 KBytes/sec (174 Kbps) Maximum: 27.5 KBytes/sec (220 Kbps) Average: 25.4 KBytes/sec (204 Kbps)
Performance monitor screen capture:
UMTS/HSDPA would of course have been much faster.