The Census counts 26% of working residents in the Town of East Hampton as working from home, and 17% in the Town of Southampton, against 17% in New York City. The shares run higher in the hamlets where most homes are second homes, such as Amagansett and Sagaponack, though samples there are small. The practical questions are the same everywhere on the East End: how a house connects, how it keeps working in an outage, and what the lease says. The guides here cover each. Rentals on Hamptons Key are listed by town.
- Internet on the East EndCensus data on cable, fiber, cellular and satellite use in the two towns, and a plan to test any address.
- Remote-work checklist for a year-round rentalA pre-lease checklist for people who work from home: connection, backup power, heat, noise and what to write into the lease.
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