Tethering a blackberry pearl as a modem....?

Hello everyone. I just got a blackberry pearl 8100 from t-mobile and have been trying for three days to tether it as a modem with no luck. I was on the phone with a t-mo rep for an hour and he couldn't help me. I think since he didn't have updated info for leopard.
Here is what I have done.
- I downloaded the updated leopard modem script
- I set up the bluetooth device selecting research in motion for vendor and blackberry 8100 for model.
- I left user name and password blank and put "wap.voicestream.com" for phone number.
- After that was finished I went to the network page, entered wap.voicestream.com in the phone number field and guest / guest for user name and password.
Now the first time i tried to connect, it actually did, or at least it said it did. I was shown as connected and had perceived data flow however web pages would not open. When i went to a webpage in safari it did not give me the "not connected to the internet" message, however the progress bar wouldn't move, ichat wouldn't sign on, etc.
I don't know what is going on. I mean it says it's connected. is there a reason why the internet won't work?

I just got my Blackberry 8700c to connect as well.
Running Leopard on a MacBook Pro
Steps
Bluetooth System Preferences
- Pair blackberry - Forgot exactly how to do this, but pair it first
- Highlight the phone entry in the list and click on the Advanced icon at the bottom (looks like a cog) Select Configure this device
- Say yes to Access the Internet with your phone's data connection
- I selected Vendor - Other, then the Blackberry 8100 file (I downloaded this file from somewhere else. It's just a text file. Download it and put it in the Macintosh HD/Library/Modem Scripts folder before doing these steps.
- Username and password are blank
- Phone Number is wap.cingular
- Continue and close
Now go to
Network System Preferences
- Select Bluetooth in the list
- Config is default
- Telephone number is wap.cingular
- Username is guest
- Password is guest
- In the advanced area
- Modem tab
- Vendor is other
- Model is Blackberry 8100 (just like above)
0ther - Ignore dial tone
DNS blank
WINS blank
Proxies blank
PPP - Configuration - I DO NOT have Send PP echo packets checked.
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