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Try asking, “Do I really need to be in an office setting to do my work, or to communicate with colleagues, or to send and receive information?” If the answer is no, a light bulb may go off in your head. With today’s communications technology, it may not matter if you’re working in the financial district or in Timbuktu.

As the personal computer keeps gaining in functionality and performance, it continues to shrink in both size and cost. Affordable Home Office furniture, Cable Internet, online PBX voice-mail services, cheap laser printers can all help a small business look and sound big. Notebook computers, cellular phones, Internet fax services and Video conferencing can let you take the home office on the road-from breakfast nook to deck to car as the day progresses.

Working from home will only get easier. Electronic mail, online services, and the Internet are just a few of the digital conveniences that are daily changing the face of how we acquire and transmit information.

Experts cite three converging reasons for the dramatic rise in home-based business: advances in personal computers and other office electronics, corporate downsizing, and dissatisfaction with urban stress and long, tiresome commutes.

The computer can arm a home-based worker with much the same power and polish as the big players. And new telecommunications technology makes it possible to access information and transfer finished work almost instantly.

Many established businesses are taking a look at telecommuting as a way to motivate workers, solve overcrowding, ride out economic changes, and grapple with tough new commuting laws. Telecommuting is also growing because the nature of much work is changing-away from producing goods and toward information services.
The appeal of home-based work goes beyond the opportunity to make your morning conference calls in sweatshirt and jeans or a bathrobe. Many home workers cite newly found (noncommute) time, lower stress, and lower overhead as major benefits. Others experience a better balance between work and family life. Many two-earner families resolve conflicting business and home duties when one (or both) adult works at home.