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"As soon as available" with "available" being used with this definition: (of a person) not otherwise occupied; free to do something. It keeps the same phrase style by replacing the final word, but shifts the meaning that, regardless if this is "possible" or not, some response must be sent as soon as they are "not otherwise occupied".
Permanently online/available. "The ISP is able to offer a permanent internet connection." Uninterruptible connection (taken from UPS). "Available 24/7, the service is uninterruptible all year round." Referring specifically to services in which a person is required could be done with: On Call "Our technicians are on call 24/7."
The established term telecommute, "To work from home, sometimes for part of a working day or week, using a computer connected to one's employer's network or via the Internet", perhaps is appropriate, but more probably is over-specialized for your purpose.
But while the community of administrative assistants the world over can thank the cast and creators behind The Devil Wears Prada for flagging their struggle to the public, they should also be disgruntling at the fact that the feature film reinforces the deterring notion that personal assistants are...[missing word or idiom]... to/of/for high ...
The choice of word(s) reflects a great deal on the attitude of the community, the developer and the model of deployment. For example a commercial software company might talk of "end of production" as if it were a physical product (which if sold mainly on CD/DVD it might seem to be) whereas a company that makes more money from support talks ...
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existing or available in large quantities; plentiful. As you can see, the definition from Oxford Dictionaries shows that abundant encompasses what you want to say in one word. It is applicable to "things" like potatoes and gives the impression that they are found everywhere.
The word I'm looking for does not entirely have a positive connotation as it may mean that you don't have a certain style or attitude in making decisions. You may have just decided based on what is available or on what you know.
For what little it's worth, I'm with you! Although the pencil example might lead to some of the other answers given so far (but then again, imagine what such a person would expect from their graphite mines and miners), all other aspects of the question, including the question itself as stated in the question header, led me immediately to your good answer.
We may be entering another "Renaissance", with regards to the Internet. For example, I'm answering this question on English.StackExchange , and I've answered several questions on StackOverflow , SuperUser , Security.StackExchange , and even Physics.StackExchange (although I haven't gotten money for any of them).