Mail Over Cellular Network

My Situation: I have Internet service via Comcast, and a Comcast email address. My Internet service is down for three weeks (don't ask...). If I get an iPad, I will be able to go on the Internet via the cellular connection, then go to the Comcast web site, and read my mail via web mail.

My Question: Will I be able to set up the iPad Mail program to display my email messages? I don't know if those messages can be sent over cellular to an iPad. Hope I made sense!

 

Thanks! (BTW...now I will be using a gmail account. Not Comcast.....long story short. It's way cheaper to cancel Comcast during the outage then take their measly credit.)