Kate Lister on how broadband will transform Telework | Broadband for America

The concept of telecommuting—or more specifically the use of technology to replace the daily commute—hasn't really caught on the way its advocates have hoped. Yes, more and more companies are allowing occasional home-based work, but the reality is that only a few million U.S. employees consider home their primary place of work.

We recently spoke to Kate Lister, co-author of Undress For Success—The Naked Truth About Making Money at Home (Wiley, 2009), about the future of telecommuting. She predicts that a combination of factors including the ubiquitous availability of high speed broadband, economic recovery, environmental concerns, and workforce shortages will conspire to create a perfect storm for telecommuting over the next ten years...