Sun was recently mentioned in a Washington Post article, regarding telecommuting. Couple of good stuff in there, but no mention of the positive ecological impact of not having to drive your car and pollute the air. Also no mention of the financial savings for both the company (like Sun is getting from consolidating their real-estate in pricey Silicon Valley - good move!) and the employee (with the price of gas these days, I can save a couple hundred dollars a month).
I really feel the disconnection from other on-location co-workers that may think a telecommuniter is just goofing off, not really working. When in fact, it's the other way around. I get a LOT more done from home because there are less distraction, no time lost in traffic. However, I do lose out in hallway conversations and face-time with co-workers, managers.
I still haven't found a cool collaboration tool that lets you be "on par" with the on-location employees. Instant Messenging is close. Just like walking into someone's office to have a quick chat, and merging multiple sessions for a hallway conversation. I just wished it had more "visuals". Maybe something like Second Life. It would be pretty cool to "teleport" to meetings and offices to talk/interact, even attend meetings in that world...