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Broadband spurs â€˜techno-commutersâ€™ rise

A burgeoning breed of â€˜techno-commutersâ€™ is using fast, newly affordable broadband connections to hold down city jobs without sacrificing rural isolation.

Homeworkers, defined as â€œpeople who work mainly in their own home, or in different places using home as a baseâ€, made up 11 per cent of the total workforce in 2005, according to the Office of National Statistics. Some 8 per cent were defined as teleworkers, using the ONS definition of homeworkers who use both a telephone and a computer.

Work Wise UK, a not-for-profit initiative backed by the CBI employersâ€™ body and the Trades Union Congress to promote wider adoption of smarter working practices, believes that this can be extended to up to 50 per cent of the workforce within five years.

Phil Flaxton, chief executive of Work Wise UK, said: â€œThere are numerous reports indicating the UK's poor productivity compared with competitors. But we ...

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9/7/07 2:37 PM

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This may be alright for work, but I would warn people that technocommunting to church is BAAAAAADDDD! We are to come to together, physically to worship God. So, see you in church!

Unless your sick (keep those cold and flu germs home with you!) on the road, car, horse, bike, or feet break down, etc.

"God's Dwelling in the Local Church"

http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=12706134122

"The Truth Behind The Church's Purpose"

[Leave your pets at home. ]

http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1070414423

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