I work from home when I'm not out and about and have the 120MB package. I do quite a bit of work using WebEx's to do demos/training and the 3 months I've had it I've been very pleased. Having a decent connection means I'm not moving the mouse and waiting for the remote computer to catch up.

At the moment I'm working on our software via secure VPN that is using a database based in our office in Worcester and it's a little slower than if it was sat on the same PC, but it's still quick enough. The connection from the Worcester office I think is slower than I have.

I've also kept my 9MB Sky ADSL2 connection as a back up - and on the two occasions where VM has been unavailable (had a dodgy connection at the cabinet) I've just switched over the ethernet cable into the Sky box and been back in business. Don't have fibre as an option on my exchange (Northampton) so cable is really the only option I have for decent speed.

I have VM 120/12 and BT Infinity 76. When I work from home, both work fine with RDP over VPN, Webex and so on. My FTTC connection is a solid 50/9 (aluminium and distance won't give me 76/20) and my VM connection is a solid 120/11.

For VM, the IP address is static provided that you don't turn the modem off. There is the odd occasion when by reason of some upheaval at the VM end, you get moved to a different line card or UBR. This is very rare and I suspect that such an event can be managed by your IT support when requested.

But I agree with Igni - take a BT business service as an additional line so you can expense it. In any case, unless you do this, your BT connexion will have a noticeably dynamic IP address.

Thanks for all the replies.. turns out fiber won't be coming to my cabinet though the exchange is enabled. Open-reach eventually confirmed its not economically viable.

So I'm proceeding with VM with no backup, the setup would have been fibre +VM and ditching the slow ADSL line, but as stated there is no fibre.

I can always go into work if VM goes down so there's that.

Thankyou everyone for taking the time to answer, its appreciated.