4G on/off toggle needed for AT&T iPhone 4S

I appreciate that Apple added a feature in iOS 5.1 that actually displays the true HSPA+ ("4G") signal strength on my iPhone 4S.  I no longer see 5 bars of 3G while mysteriously getting no data - now I can see that I'm stuck on the HSPA+ network with 0 bars.  Thanks for confiming what I already knew - that AT&T's HSPA+ coverage is terrible nationwide, but completely nil in downtown Chicago.  The new feature improves nothing, but I appreciate the transparency.
If Apple really wants to help us beleaguered 4S users, not to mention sell more upgrades to our AT&T-using friends that we have warned not to buy the 4S, a 4G on/off toggle needs to be added to let us get back on the 3G network when necessary.  It's the only solution until AT&T adds more HSPA+ capacity.  And it's a simple one.
If you could give the 3G on/off toggle back to prior-gen iPhone users in 5.1, you can do this for us.
(I've also posted a request on the AT&T boards and I strongly encourage others in the same situation to hound the crap out of both until they fix this problem.  We've all paid way too much money to be saddled with bricks.)

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
Regards.

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