Chris Marling, editor of Broadband Genie, noted that in the US and some parts of Europe 4G mobile broadband with speeds averaging more than 10Mb is already a reality.
He observed that in Britain "we are lucky to average 1Mb".
Asked whether a lack of broadband access is preventing many people from flexible working, he said: "A lack of superfast broadband isn't the main barrier to many people working from home - it's untrusting bosses and a failure of many traditional businesses to move with the times."
However, Mr Marling acknowledged that there are exceptions where there are issues to do with logging into complex office-based networks from outside the building.
In most cases, though, these issues can be overlooked or overcome "with a bit of imagination or financial outlay".
Posted by Simon Jones
