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The impact of broadband on teleworking
The impact of broadband on teleworking
From the data seen on the previous page, it was seen that 25 per cent of individuals reported using broadband to telework, and 23 per cent of businesses saying that their employees used broadband to telework. However, it is also interesting to examine whether or not teleworking is more likely for those with broadband access, and vice versa.
For individuals, those who teleworked were almost equally likely to have broadband as not have broadband (51 per cent compared to 49 per cent). Those that did not telework were much less likely to have broadband (32 per cent with broadband compared to 68 per cent without). In addition, those consumers that had broadband were much more likely to telework. With 30 per cent of those in employment, on average, being found to telework, 40 per cent of those with broadband reported teleworking, and only 24 per cent of those individuals who did not have broadband reported teleworking.
For businesses, those that had broadband were much more likely to report employees teleworking than those that did not (52 per cent compared to 23 per cent). Conversely, those that had employees teleworking were much more likely to have broadband connections to the internet than those businesses that did not have employees teleworking (88 per cent compared to 63 per cent).
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