If you’d prefer not to sit in traffic for hours on end each day (and pay over $4 per gallon to fill up your tank) then read this blog!  As the Washington Post pointed out on Sunday, people more and more are starting to take advantage of telecommuting options.  Over broadband connections to the Internet, workers can log-on from telework centers closer to where they live and spend more time at home with their families while still staying on top of their work responsibilities.   Quick recap … significant cost-savings at the gas pump, more time with my kids, while maintaining productivity at work.  Where do I sign!

Sunday’s Post article points to some great aspects of telecommuting and reasons why more and more Americans are ditching their cars in favor of working from home.  An important caveat however is missing from the article – and that is without BROADBAND telecommuting would not exist.  High-speed, high-capacity connections to the Internet allow 21st century workers to stay productive at home, at a local telework center or at any connected coffee or sandwich shop down the street. 

Thanks to $60 billion in communications infrastructure investments last year and another round of $60 billion this year by nearly 1,400 ISPs currently operating in the United States,  people are now able to save money, increase their productivity, and lessen their carbon footprint, all simultaneously. 

Now, with a promise of increased cost savings and productivity, many employers are embracing the benefits of telecommuting. Some have taken a huge step in the right direction, such as the federal government’s General Services Administration, which recently announced a plan “to have 50 percent of its eligible employees telecommuting from home or at a center at least one day a week by the end of 2010.”

Want to learn more about the benefits of telecommuting and the pro-investment policies making them possible?  Look no further than NextGenWeb for all the information you need on how telecommuting can improve our lives, ease our pain at the pump and enhance our environment—all in a day’s work.

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