Hi jetalc and welcome to EB:
I am assuming you are using PDANet to avoid VZW's software and charges for tethering. I am not a Storm user, but I am wondering if VZW has some kind of blocking system or restrictor on their 3G systems.
Maybe you could try out
TetherBerry using the free trial to see if that makes a difference?
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