Originally Posted by
MegaCash
Not really, i had a rooted droid 2 from verizon wireless that was 3G. Pdanet and open garden wifi tether worked perfectly fine and i played toribash and was on xbox live pretty much lag free, and since i live around the forest i usually had only 1 or 2 bars, sometimes, 3. so you dont really need 4G or dial-up
3G gets effective speeds of maybe 4mbs, with 2-3 bar I expect maybe 300 or 400kbs, if not less. I really doubt you could play anything without noticeable lag, especially on xbox live. Though toribash is pretty well made (kudos hampa) so I am inclined to believe that.
And in any case, why the hell don't you just use your home internet, or buy a cheaper, faster, connection.
Sure there are some cases when it may be 'ok to use', but there is ALWAYS a better option than tethering.
I would never buy a phone just because "it has better tethering". I have never been in a situation when I had a computer but no way to get internet apart from tethering.