cricket evdo is fast it 488kps here in abq i tested myself it sweet hey good luck with wat you ask for by the way you ask ithought you are an altell guy hehehe
I have not found a workaround for the Q yet. But from what I've read it can be done with a NON-Cricket Motorola (RAZR, KRZR, SLVR). It's a cake walk with Moto Phone tools. Not as simple, but still easy using Windows modem set-up.