10.6.3 and iPhone tethering over Bluetooth

This issue probably won't be widely reported because there is no iPhone tethering in the US with AT&T, but since upgrading to 10.6.3, I'm finding tethering my 13" MacBook Pro to my iPhone over Bluetooth to be really unreliable. Each time I do it, I basically have to stop and start Bluetooth on my Mac, and sometimes put my phone in to Airplane mode and back to normal again before it will tether.
Any other Canadians or others having this issue?

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