[mcmichak]

Reception bars do seem less to me also, but I think it's all realitive. As for upload/download speeds right now, I wouldn't trust what you get now cuz servers are swamped with people downloading/playing/testing the new roms.
Are you using IE? Try Opera Mini, it seems to work faster.
One thing I have noticed is that my data connection drops even more frequently that with the leaked rom... grrr