One of the unforeseen benefits of broadband is the scope and scale of businesses being run out of the home.  Of even more importance, during this recession, is the number of women who have been able to continue growing their businesses in the face of layoffs and shut-downs.

The Association of Work At Home Women helps women in a number of dimensions like getting on-line help from experts in making the earliest decisions regarding whether a business idea has promise to actually opening the “virtual doors.”  

Women who work out of their home utilizing broadband have the advantages of being able to manage their household as well as their business, but it has another important benefit:  Work-At-Home professionals do not have to burn gasoline to get to work or take up a parking place.   There is less wear-and-tear on roads and bridges.

Once in the office lights and air conditioning in the form of either heat or light must be generated.   Equipment must be powered up; everything from the coffee machines to the copiers to every computer screen draws electricity.

In “The Green Book,” authors Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas Kostigen found that workers commute an average of 10,000 miles per year and consume 67 billion gallons of gas.  Telecommuting reduces vehicle miles traveled per year by more than 35 billion and saves almost 2 billion gallons of gas.Read more