That's very much how it's set up already. I'm guessing you're just missing an update of the menu at this point, since in Natty it takes a little while to update menu entries (fixed in Oneiric).
Could you please try this with the development release LiveCD and report back to confirm that it now reports the correct speeds there? ** Changed in: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/828423 Title: Mobile broadband GSM/HSUPA status doesn't update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/828423/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs