AT&T Co has announced the formation of the AT&T Home Office Network, described as an association supporting the needs of people that work at home: charter membership, free to AT&T Long Distance customers, will entitle home-based workers to special discounts from AT&T on telecommunications products and services and from other companies on such items as office equipment and supplies, and travel, business and legal services; the number of Americans with home-based businesses is around 11.8m and AT&T says that their ranks are estimated to be growing at about 10% per annum.
