The Online Commute

5 September 2000 - 10:00am

Information technology and telecommuting was supposed to reduce the strain on the freeways. So why are Silicon Valley's freeways still clogged and giants such a Cisco building new office complexes?

With Silicon Valley's freeways still clogged and technology giants such as Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks building new office complexes, an opinion column by Scott Rice questions the promises of telecommuting. "Juniper's andCisco's workers are the computer whizzes trailblazing our digital future. Ifthey don't function better in the virtual workplace, then how can they sellit to the rest of us? "

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Source: The New York Times, September 2, 2000
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