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1 Many organisations are planning to increase home working in the event of a flu pandemic. The telecommunications sector is considering what impact this might have. An increase in applications for internet access, coupled with illness and absenteeism among telecommunications staff, may lead to it taking longer than usual for telecommunications companies to respond to these requests. Where individuals already have the facilities required for home working, these should continue to function as normal subject to the overall level of demand, which clearly could fluctuate significantly because of shifting traffic patterns and the consequent impact on network capacity. Employers anticipating increased home working will need to have provided additional 'ports' into their networks without which employees will find it difficult to log in, even though the network may not be congested.
2 See Planning for a Human Flu Pandemic - Guidance for Schools, Childcare and Children's Services in Scotland
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