To be direct and give you a straightforward answer, yes. WANs are a crucial part of today's business. If you own a business, no matter what it is, you will at least have a web page or some sort of social media to advertise yourself. The days of using the newspaper really does not work anymore. TV and radio are good options, but those also exist online.
So, even the smallest of businesses must have something online, to advertise themselves so their business can grow; that is the ultimate reason we get into a business. If you want to stay current and competitive in today's business world, you must have a presence online and if you have multiple locations for your business and they are located in different locations, you need to have access to those branches through the internet to see what is going on.
With the growth of the internet and the fact that we can...