Broadband rocks.  Period.  A month or so ago I bought my Broadband service from Cingular / AT&T.  I’ve been using it weekly, if not daily, since then and I am very satisfied with it.  Now I’m a die-hard WiFi fan … but it is the unusual circumstances that I can now take advantage of that makes all of the difference.

I’m actually posting this blog post from a Delta jet, sitting on the tarmac at Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta.  I am on my way from Salt Lake City to Pittsburgh via Atlanta, and we were held on take-off from Atlanta.  The pilot immediately came on and apologized, and indicated that we have at least a 30 minute wait.  All the sudden I remembered … I have Broadband!

For the last 20+ minutes I’ve been on IM, picking and replying to e-mail and writing this blog post.  Oh yeah … I did check … no WiFi anywhere that I can pick up.  But I have a nice strong 3G signal, good bandwidth, and I’m getting work done.

For the last four weeks I’ve been monitoring my usage, and this is the fourth or fifth time that I have been able to get work done where there was no WiFi.  (Wow … we’re moving on the runway, but they indicated that we don’t yet have to turn off our electronic devices!) In watching my usage, I’ve been averaging ~100MB / day of downstream data … with ~40MB upstream.  I only occasionally detect lag …

Uh oh … time to shut down …