Who is telecommuting?
Telecommuting is most popular in both small firms and very large firms. Fifty-seven percent of telecommuters work either in firms of less than 100 people or large firms of more than 1,000 people. IDC Report, Telecommuters and Technology Use, Office technology equipment. Of those who telecommute more than one week each month, the most commonly owned pieces of office equipment, in addition to PCs, are fax machines, copiers, multifunction peripherals and scanners. IDC Report, Telecommuters and Technology Use Forty-six percent of these teleworkers pay for their equipment and its maintenance, with their employers covering all costs in only 29% of the cases.