It sounds like the crux of the issue is connectivity is now fast, reliable, and cheap. Employees don't need to waste time commuting anymore, so they don't.
Now spare a thought for those of us sweating in the digital wasteland that is Australia.
Every so often I have to walk over to my fridge and nudge my 4G modem to improve the signal strength. I have a script running 'round the clock to reset the darn thing if the connection drops completely (this somehow it fixes it). I need the 4G connection because the copper wire to my house is so broken it can no longer support an ADSL signal.
Fibre is apparently coming in like... 2019? It is expected to run at a maximum of 25Mbps.
Needless to say, remote work is not exactly on the cards.
Now spare a thought for those of us sweating in the digital wasteland that is Australia.
Every so often I have to walk over to my fridge and nudge my 4G modem to improve the signal strength. I have a script running 'round the clock to reset the darn thing if the connection drops completely (this somehow it fixes it). I need the 4G connection because the copper wire to my house is so broken it can no longer support an ADSL signal.
Fibre is apparently coming in like... 2019? It is expected to run at a maximum of 25Mbps.
Needless to say, remote work is not exactly on the cards.