DALLAS, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Businesses'
speed and productivity can thrive even while employees work from
home. As work and home life continue to integrate
across the U.S., the need for reliable, fast internet at home has
become essential to modern life and business. That's
why AT&T* Business is introducing Home Office
Connectivity - the first solution designed to provide
business-paid internet access where workers increasingly need it—at
home.
With Home Office Connectivity, businesses can now equip their
workers with AT&T High Speed Internet for Enterprise at their
homes using wireline or wireless broadband connectivity within
AT&T's nationwide footprint. That means it's now possible for
workers to maintain the high reliability, great speed and high
security of an enterprise broadband connection while working at
home. With this service, employees can use tools only
available to AT&T's business customers from their home, like
AT&T Internet Backup for failover, Global Security Gateway for
additional security, and Static IP addressing. These services are
completely separate from any consumer internet connection they may
have at home.
In its 2020 State of Remote Work report, Buffer Inc. surveyed
3500 remote workers, 98% of whom stated they would like to work
remotely, at least some of the time, for the rest of their careers.
1
"Attitudes about working from home are changing, but the
cultural shift is only part of the equation. Businesses need tools
to succeed in the new environment," says Mo
Katibeh, CMO and EVP, AT&T Business. "This new
solution gives our customers and their employees an entirely new
way of thinking about working from home. By expanding access to
enterprise-grade connectivity to residential locations, we can
essentially put the office anywhere."
In the last several months, American families have experimented
with how to live and work together from home. Under the same roof,
kids are using distance learning tools, parents are trying to drive
their businesses forward, and someone is probably binge watching
their favorite shows – often at the same time on a single consumer
broadband connection.
AT&T High Speed Internet for Enterprise provides an
independent connection dedicated to enterprise applications, while
keeping the home internet free for streaming, browsing, gaming or
any other use. Businesses can supply this separate business
internet service as a perk to employees who are remotely
working.
High bandwidth connections are also ideal for professionals
across almost every industry – professors who may be instructing
from home, media-intensive applications like professional video
production, or for sales executives who need to take a critical
client meeting without worrying about congestion.
"The COVID-19 pandemic that has forced governments across the
globe to order citizens to stay at home and follow physical
isolation has further highlighted the benefits of remote working,
said Roopa Honnachari, Industry Director at Frost &
Sullivan. "However, as remote workers compete for bandwidth
with kids attending virtual classrooms and others at home trying to
stream entertainment videos, optimizing and prioritizing business
applications on home networks has become critical during the
current crisis."1
The service enables businesses of any size to extend enterprise
broadband connectivity throughout their workforce, whether it is
for a single additional line or thousands. It also simplifies
onboarding and management with consolidated invoicing directed to
the business, single-number enterprise customer care, and
professional on-site installation by a certified AT&T
technician.
The Home Office Connectivity solution is available today.
For more information, click
here.
*About AT&T Communications
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solutions serve nearly 3 million global businesses – nearly all of
the Fortune 1000. And worldwide, our spirit of service drives
employees to give back to their communities.
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1 COVID-19 Highlights the Business Case for
Extending SD-WAN to Remote Workers, Roopa Honnachari, Frost &
Sullivan, 09-Apr-2020
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