I for one am pretty happy with the Edge speed on the n95...hell of a lot quicker than my 8125 was and it even loads cnn and espn quickly. honestly the browser is great and makes browsing the web very speedy.
If you really tether with your phone that much I guess 3g would be worth it but I hardly use it, and I have built in wwan to my thinkpad anyway.
3g would drain the battery even quicker, and a lot of people already complain about battery life, though it has been fine for me so far.
And the speculation that current n95's are capable of 3g is probably bogus, remember when people tried to change the n80's band, that didnt do anything. its hardware. yes triband 3g chips exist, htc uses them but that alone doesnt mean there is one in the n95.
also mooninite, i think 75% of your posts are you threatening to report people, its the internet man, people are gonna write and post whatever they want, if you dont wanna read what they have to say just ignore it. did someone come to your house and make you click on this thread?