Telecommuting

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the American Interactive Consumer Survey of 2003, it is estimated that the actual number of telecommuters is 23.5 million for the employed telecommuters and 23.4 million for the self-employed telecommuters.
The concept of telecommuting is being increasing rapidly in the United States. Today, it is estimated that about 20% of the U.S. workforce teleworks at home.
The following data examines the growth of telecommuting.
According to surveys:
1990: 3.4 million
1994: 9.1 million
1997: 11.1 million
1998: 15.7 million
1999: 19.6million
2000: 23.6 million
2001:23.5 million employed telecommuters and 23.4 million self-employed telecommuters
(Sources Find/SVP, Cyber Dialogue, ITAC surveys)



b). The first telecommuters

1877 the first telecommuter in record was a Bostonian bank president who arranged to have a phone line strung from his office to his home in Somerville in Massahusettes. This attempt is the first telecommuiting business.

1963 the second attempt of telecommuting was by a programmer who were working on the Arpanet p...