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Originally Posted by Corndogger
Is the government going to pay for your Internet while you work at home? How do they handle confidentiality of data in terms of ensuring that whoever lives with you doesn't have access to people's personal data? Do they just trust you'll logout if you have to go to the washroom, etc.? I'm not insinuating anything bad will happen--just genuinely curious how stuff like this is handled.
I'd hold off investing a bit longer. There's a lot of talk that markets are going to retest recent lows and then take off. The economy is going to lag behind.
It's weird how some food items are being bought up. A lot of it can't be stockpiled and it makes no sense that people would be eating more.
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I have BELL Fibre with unlimited Data Plan. So my internet costs have not gone up and I don't expect the government to subsidize my access to the web.
I'm Navy (in Ottawa) and have been working at home for the past two weeks. We have access to our secure Defence Wide Area Network (DWAN) via Defence Virtual Private Networking Infrastructure (DVPNI). My section has been deemed a level 3 priority so we are not allowed access to the network during the daytime, but we are allowed to go on it from 1700-0700 the next day. I'm able to download what ever documents or emails that I need and our section has been able to hold numerous meetings and briefings over ZOOM (all information is of the UnClassified level).
We expect at least another 3 weeks of working from home (more than likely longer) but a bunch of lessons have been learned:
DND needs a larger conduit pipe to allow more access to DVPNI.
ZOOM is an excellent tool and I'm sure there are others platforms just as capable.
Virtual conferencing works and is the wave of the future. The campus at Carling actually has a kick ass set up for this but the Minister and CDS located downtown were slow to set up the system at their offices. This will certainly be addressed once this blows over.
All those folks making bank going on conferences all over the world will see this airmiles cash cow disappear.