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High Speed Internet Helps You to Work from Home

It’s official – the concept of working from home is no longer completely taboo to the mainstream workforce. More and more often, employers are allowing their people to spend at least part of their time working in their homes. Medical billing, transcripting, coding, etc is seeing a major shift in the move back into the home. This new opportunity opens many doors for those of us interested in such a possibility, but there are a few things that you should know.

You need high speed internet.

It’s very difficult to work from a home office with dialup. Yes, you can surf and email (albeit slowly) but more often high-bandwidth applications such as remote desktop software, VOIP, and VPN are becoming more and more commonplace. High speed internet allows the use of these technologies AND increases your surfing enjoyment.

Setup a Secure Wireless Router

Yes – there is a degree of freedom in working from home – but WOW – what a pleasure it is to be able to drag your notebook to and from any room in your house to do your work. You simply must try wireless to experience the joy it brings. Another advantage of a router is it helps in creating a more secure connection to the internet - and it's always on..no dialing up or connecting. Also, if you have someone over, they can quickly access your internet as well for file-sharing, etc.

Get a Fast Computer

Your computer needs to be able to keep up with the demands of a workplace. Yes, you’re at home, but you’re doing business activities on your computer. This often means you need a fairly beefy machine to keep up with many of the office productivity software that is out there today.

Get a Good Level of Bandwidth

It's common today to see at LEAST 768kbs down and 64K up. These numbers indicate the amount of data your high-speed connection can handle. When you setup your internet connection ask the sales person what you can expect - at the least.

Be sure you have an office to go to

You MUST have a place to go each day within your home. Set aside a small nook and make sure you have the best access to your cable or DLS connection from there. It helps to feel like you’re “going to work” each day. It keeps you on track, and let’s your family know when you’re “at work”.