Man, i thought this thread was gonna die as fast as I started it. Now its getting informational! Lol. I would be interested in the tethering aspect of rooting, but i thought i read that verizon will eventually notice the increased data usage and tag you with a charge and a slap on the wrist or something? Regardless, I definitely will wait until someone has the Droid all figured out and everyone is ecstatic with the outcome before I jump on board. Im definitely a newb and from what I have seen I will be very happy with the phone as is! Cant lie though, some custom roms I've seen for the G1 are kickazz!