At the last place I worked, all of our desktop computers were thin clients that logged into a virtual machine in a data center somewhere 30 miles away. The comp

At the last place I worked, all of our desktop computers were thin clients that logged into a virtual machine in a data center somewhere 30 miles away. The company had special network connections and even though latency was noticeable (especially scrolling large graphics), it was tolerable and good enough to get work done. However, at home, I would routinely login to the same remote computer and the latency was horrible, every typed letter was delayed a tenth of a second or so. I wasn't about to spend a fortune on a dedicated line to the work servers. The point is, when you're working remotely, you're totally at the mercy of the network. If the network is down or flaky, you can't get anything done.