Performance results

I have a Storm 9530. It's the only Blackberry with EVDO Rev A. Others are EVDO Rev 0.

The difference (on paper) is that Rev A is 50% faster on downloads, and 10X (yes, 1000%) faster on uploads. In practice, I'm not sure the Storm exceeds the other BBs by quite that much, but it is definitely faster. I had a Pearl 8130 that I was using for tethering for almost a year before I got the Storm. The difference is especially noticeable on uploads. E.g. if I was tethered with my Pearl, and sent an email with a big photo or an MP3 attached, it would take a couple of minutes to get out of my Outbox. With the Storm, sending a similar email, the message will get out in well under a minute. Usually under 20 or 30 seconds.

Storm 9530

Did some new tests with a better signal and received the following results

VERIZON VZAccess

• Download    1308Mbs
• Upload         172Mbs

TetherBerry

• Download    759-Mbs - 1012Mbs
• Upload        175Mbs - 302Mbs

Interesting... While my download was 27% slower using TetherBerry, my upload
was 46% faster.

I would like to see more consistent throughput with TetherBerry.  Even
VZAccess has a range, the TetherBerry seems to have a different up to 25% on the
download and 43% on the upload.

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Install the BB Desktop Manager. Connect the phone via USB. Use the Windows Dial-up Networking Wizard to create a new dial-up connection. Select the BB as your modem, and tell it to dial the number "#777" (for Verizon). Find the advanced options and turn off Hardware Flow Control (I think - or turn it on, if it's Off by default). You don't need a username or password.

To use it, make sure the BB Device Manager is running (you don't need Desktop Manager running) and your phone is connected. Then just initiate a dial-up connection.

This also works with Bluetooth connections. I used BT connections with my Pearl, but I never got that to work with my Storm, and now I'm using TetherBerry, so it's moot.