Friday 6 July 2007

Home Working - The Answer to Pandemic Planning?

I have seen so may reports claiming that home working is the answer to all of the issues around Pandemic planning, especially Avian Flu etc.

Many companies claim that they will have all of their employees working from home, using the Internet to connect back to the office, and using VOIP to make all of their calls.

Think again .... I firmly believe in the report from Booze Allen claiming that "Telecommunications will likely be overwhelmed early in the pandemic. Some experts speculated that the Internet could shut down within two to four days of the outbreak"
See : http://www.boozallen.com/about/article_news-ideas/2912247?lpid=66005

So be careful how you plan - a 'siege mentality' is likely to result if a pandemic hits major industrialised countries. That's where we all lock ourselves behind our front doors, and do not venture out. The same will be true for the guy who fixes issues at the local telephone exchange and for Tesco Direct drivers too - so make sure you have some food reserves!

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