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Lifer
Jun 5, 2000
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Hello,
I wanted to know if I coule have access to pandora.com, music station. I had access before. Listening to music while I work is very helpful to me.
Thanks.


My reply

User;

We block music sites because it puts an unneeded load on our network, the load can interfere with business applications. The only thing I can suggest is to use a radio to listen to music, if your manager approves.


UPDATE**
18 June
OK I thought the Pandora thing was bad enough, this takes the cake. I get a MOM alert for a new host, check out the dns logs and the thing is hitting a bunch of playstation URLs. Hummmm, this is strange it almost looks like somebody plugged a playstation into the network. So I call the office, I ask for a manager and the guy tells me they do not have an on site manager. I tell the guy it looks like there is a playstation on the network, his response.... "Is that going to be a problem?"... my response.. "Ya! Disconnect it".

:roll:

here is the alert.

New MAC XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (vendor: Sony Computer Entertainment inc.) found.



 
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steppinthrax

Diamond Member
Jul 17, 2006
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Watch this turn into a big shit about how they don't have enough space on their desk for a radio or it would cost more in electricity to run a radio than music on their computer since it's already running.

If the person was smart they could go through a proxy server....
 
ultimatebob

ultimatebob

Lifer
Jul 1, 2001
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2,450
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In order words, he's looking for proxy sites to bypass your web filter right about now.
 
Scarpozzi

Scarpozzi

Lifer
Jun 13, 2000
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1,780
126
Originally posted by: Citrix
Hello,
I wanted to know if I coule have access to pandora.com, music station. I had access before. Listening to music while I work is very helpful to me.
Thanks.


My reply

User;

We block music sites because it puts an unneeded load on our network, the load can interfere with business applications. The only thing I can suggest is to use a radio to listen to music, if your manager approves.
Click to expand...
Can you not throttle bandwidth? Streaming sites really aren't that bad (32-128k) in comparison to P2P...that's the real network killers. And it's not always bandwidth....they just generate so many connections.....even when the users aren't running the P2P applications. (the P2P server spontaniously checks to see if the users still exist....I'm refering to BT for the most part, but others do it too)
 
nakedfrog

nakedfrog

No Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
60,979
16,357
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I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven.
 
Crusty

Crusty

Lifer
Sep 30, 2001
12,684
2
81
Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Originally posted by: Citrix
Hello,
I wanted to know if I coule have access to pandora.com, music station. I had access before. Listening to music while I work is very helpful to me.
Thanks.


My reply

User;

We block music sites because it puts an unneeded load on our network, the load can interfere with business applications. The only thing I can suggest is to use a radio to listen to music, if your manager approves.
Click to expand...
Can you not throttle bandwidth? Streaming sites really aren't that bad (32-128k) in comparison to P2P...that's the real network killers. And it's not always bandwidth....they just generate so many connections.....even when the users aren't running the P2P applications. (the P2P server spontaniously checks to see if the users still exist....I'm refering to BT for the most part, but others do it too)
Click to expand...

All it takes is 10-15 @ 128kbps users streaming to bring a T1 to it's knees. Not sure what kind of WAN connection they have... but im with the OP on this one.

 
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DaveSimmons

Elite Member
Aug 12, 2001
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670
126
iPod classic = 300 - 800 CDs

Sandisk Sansa 8GB + (napster or rhapsody) = 800+ songs at a time out of 1,000,000+, also has FM radio
 
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slsmnaz

Diamond Member
Mar 13, 2005
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0
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven.
Click to expand...

:thumbsup:
 
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LS21

Banned
Nov 27, 2007
3,745
1
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restricted connection ftl

(been streaming the euro 2008 tournament all week at work :); watching italy-france now)
 
Duddy

Duddy

Diamond Member
Jul 22, 2002
4,674
9
81
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven.
Click to expand...

That made my day MUCH better! Thanks for the giggle!
 
KeithTalent

KeithTalent

Elite Member | Administrator | No Lifer
Administrator
Nov 30, 2005
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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven.
Click to expand...

Awesome. Time to bust that out again and watch it for the bazillionth time.

KT
 
MmmSkyscraper

MmmSkyscraper

Diamond Member
Jul 6, 2004
9,472
1
76
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven.
Click to expand...

:heart:
 
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pstylesss

Platinum Member
Mar 21, 2007
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On a T1 I can see blocking streaming. We have Comcast business in here with tons of people streaming and we never have slow internet. Next year I got a secondary internet connection in the budget for load balancing and failover... I never have to worry about our internet bottlenecking because of a few streamers.
 
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paulxcook

Diamond Member
May 1, 2005
4,277
1
0
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven.
Click to expand...

:thumbsup:
 
OutHouse

OutHouse

Lifer
Jun 5, 2000
36,410
616
126
Originally posted by: Crusty
Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Originally posted by: Citrix
Hello,
I wanted to know if I coule have access to pandora.com, music station. I had access before. Listening to music while I work is very helpful to me.
Thanks.


My reply

User;

We block music sites because it puts an unneeded load on our network, the load can interfere with business applications. The only thing I can suggest is to use a radio to listen to music, if your manager approves.
Click to expand...
Can you not throttle bandwidth? Streaming sites really aren't that bad (32-128k) in comparison to P2P...that's the real network killers. And it's not always bandwidth....they just generate so many connections.....even when the users aren't running the P2P applications. (the P2P server spontaniously checks to see if the users still exist....I'm refering to BT for the most part, but others do it too)
Click to expand...

All it takes is 10-15 @ 128kbps users streaming to bring a T1 to it's knees. Not sure what kind of WAN connection they have... but im with the OP on this one.
Click to expand...

yip, we have a T-1 but a DS3 is in the works and we should have it installed soon. but the internet radio is still going to be blocked. its a waste of network resources.
 
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spidey07

No Lifer
Aug 4, 2000
65,469
5
76
Originally posted by: Citrix
yip, we have a T-1 but a DS3 is in the works and we should have it installed soon. but the internet radio is still going to be blocked. its a waste of network resources.
Click to expand...

Even with a DS3 you can still be overwhelmed by streaming audio and video. Good for your for nipping that in the bud.
 
SagaLore

SagaLore

Elite Member
Dec 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: steppinthrax
If the person was stupid and wanted to get fired they could go through a proxy server....
Click to expand...

Fixed.

I would have told them they could get an mp3 player and pay for their own music if its helpful. :p
 
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