What is the speed of 3G?

“On 3G, content can be downloaded at as fast as 1.7 megabits per second and uploaded at up to 1.2 megabits per second, says Bill Hogg, AT&T’s president of wireless network services. AT&T is currently testing software that could increase the speeds up to four times, which the company hopes to make widely available within in the next few months, Hogg says.” in Forbes

Isn’t that as fast as normal DSL (standard DSL is 1.5 Mbps)

I wonder if you can get a 3G capable router and connect to the AT&T 3G network and the cancel the home internet service. You can just use the 3G network all the time - when you are out of the home, use the iPhone etc…   It would be probably slightly more expensive.