I tried quite hard in my post to say that I thought there were valid reasons for doing remote work. Just that the balance of evidence that I can find is saying that co-located teams are more productive.

I'd appreciate it if you could let me know if I've expressed myself badly - and any suggestions on expressing myself better are would genuinely be appreciated.

As I said in my post - I telecommute a great deal myself. For pretty much exactly that reason you outline. I am really not trying to say that telecommuting is bad ;-)

My comment was not a poke at you, just the absurdity of not allowing it at all.. if the alternative is worse.