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    Im suprised MFP isnt blocked yet..

    Posts: 390 Member
    edited January 6 in Chit-Chat
    My work has blocked EVERYTHING!! No pintrest anymore, no iheartradio, i cant find any online radio to listen to...they have blocked everything its ridiculous its not like we are in high school or something we are grown ups! If we want to listen to some freaking music at work its not the end of the world geeze!! Im seriously suprised im still able to get on this website...the other day i was listening to iheartradio before lunch when i came back from lunch BLOCKED!! WTF they are on a blocking spree or something...UGH

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    • Posts: 868 Member
      They had a panic attack about Pandora. It was making our internet VERY slow. So I just stream it through my phone all day everyday.
    • Posts: 1,580 Member
      Streaming music blocks the bandwidth on internet usage that your company might want to keep open. They also might not want to hear your music or allow you to have any kind of noise canceling of any sort. I personally just listening to my music on my phone.


      And this place is probably worse than March Madness on costing employers money on low producing employees :smile:
    • Posts: 244 Member
      They had a panic attack about Pandora. It was making our internet VERY slow. So I just stream it through my phone all day everyday.

      Haha! Same here. Music at work makes me a happier me! :smile:
    • Posts: 1,227 Member
      Probably the live streaming that causes networks to go slower. That is why a lot of places don't allow music sites or youtube, etc.
    • Posts: 1,915 Member
      Yeah we can't stream any music at work either. My cube neighbor and I have a radio that we put on loud enough that only the two of us can hear it. I don't like wearing earphones at work because then I can't hear my boss come up behind me and X out of MFP :)
    • Posts: 105 Member
      :smile: I'm GLAD my job hasn't blocked MFP pal yet! Now, some of the links and videos posted in the forums might be blocked but not the site itself. I'm going toassume that they naturally care about our client's information and they are not just being mad at me for bringing sexy back! HA!
    • Posts: 2,390 Member
      So not what I was expecting...
    • Posts: 3,010 Member
      They had a panic attack about Pandora. It was making our internet VERY slow. So I just stream it through my phone all day everyday.

      HAHA I was confused, I was thinking Pandora jewellry..
    • Posts: 414 Member
      I'm surprised that I can still get on to MFP from work too. They block EVERYTHING!! Shopping, forumns, sports, streaming music and videos, etc. There is very little that I can access so I know that MFP will eventually be blocked. But, for now, I can get on.
    • Posts: 1,078 Member
      Our server crashed so they had to reprogram everything and now they have blocked everything. I am using my personal computer for the internet.
    • Posts: 16,947 Member
      depending on your bandwidth and network, just one user streaming can slow down the entire office to a crawl. If someone tried streaming at my old office, you could tell - the whole network damn near shut down.

      It takes a lot of bandwidth, and if your office is running too close to capacity, they HAVE to ban it.
    • Posts: 1,241 Member
      Before Facebook is what it's become, we could get on there here at work. But not now, nor any other social sites. And no streaming radio or videos. There are a variety of other sites that are also blocked... It is what it is. Just be happy you can still get on MFP & stream through a phone.
    • Posts: 390 Member
      Yeah we can't stream any music at work either. My cube neighbor and I have a radio that we put on loud enough that only the two of us can hear it. I don't like wearing earphones at work because then I can't hear my boss come up behind me and X out of MFP :)

      LOL so true...im constantly ready to x out if someone comes up behind me haha and yea usually one person in each office plays music to keep a little privacy since we are in a health clinic
    • Posts: 2,996 Member
      My high school blocked politicaldictionary.com. I needed that to survive my AP Government class, but they blocked it because it was political and could offend somebody. Oh, yeah, I'm sorry, I forgot how offensive basic political terms could be.
    • Posts: 390 Member
      Sometimes i think they havent blocked MFP yet becuase they have fitness classes and a gym up in the main office and since we are out in the middle of nowhere they keep MFP unblocked since we cant get to the gym HAHA
    • Posts: 447 Member
      MFP is blocked at my work lol. No matter, I just use my iPhone app ....
    • Posts: 487 Member
      Shhh or they will hear you and do it!
    • Posts: 1,291 Member
      nothing is blocked for me. and i work at a state university.

      tax dollars at work! keeping me entertained on MFP all day!
    • Posts: 2,665 Member
      Would you SHUT UP?!?!? They'll hear you! :laugh:
    • Posts: 219 Member
      I have the rights to my computer because I travel and I have to be able to access wireless equipment.

      BUT

      When I'm in the office, on their network, no social media sites at all. No Pandora. But I can shop Amazon until I drop and Iheart is fine. I stream on my phone/docking station so I don't mind if I can't stream online.

      They keep talking about blocking Skype, but with 200 employees using it instead of the phone and my clients outside the US using it to communicate they haven't pulled it, yet. I doubt MFP will go anywhere for me.l I don't really care if they block it, I can access it via my app and I work from home often, thus I have my personal computer if I want to get on MFP.

      Now, there. You know all my business. :laugh:
    • Posts: 4,089 Member
      You do realize that the streaming music takes up a lot of bandwidth and is expensive to provide for a building. Perhaps you could get one of those old fashioned radio things or that iPod thingy to use at you desk?
    • Posts: 1
      Try playlist.com? Maybe a long shot, but it was the only one my internship didn't have blocked out...
    • Posts: 369 Member
      Internet radio sucks up bandwidth.

      I agree it shouldn't be allowed in the office.

      But I don't see the problem with regular websites. As long as you aren't streaming music or video and it's not inappropriate what gives?

      We work hard dammit!

      (......okay...maybe you guys do, I don't)
    • Posts: 843 Member
      If I were working I'd expect to do all nonwork surfing on my own time and my own dime. Is it normal for people to net surf at work now? It's been a long time since I've had a paying job, so things may have changed. Just curious.
    • Posts: 405 Member
      nothing is blocked for me. and i work at a state university.

      tax dollars at work! keeping me entertained on MFP all day!
      Ditto, I work for a university as well. NOTHING is blocked, but I think that's mainly because it's the same internet everyone uses on campus so they really can't put filters on or a lot of things aren't going to be accessible. I can't tell you how many classes use Youtube videos and the like.
    • Posts: 474 Member
      MFP is blocked at my work lol. No matter, I just use my iPhone app ....

      I can't access forums on my iPhone app. How do you do that?
    • Posts: 5,044 Member
      If some folks would stop with all the dirty talk.
      We wouldn't have to worry about this.:angry:
    • Posts: 717 Member
      Did you try last.fm or grooveshark? Those usually work when the more popular ones don't. I like grooveshark better.
    • Posts: 717 Member
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      I can't access forums on my iPhone app. How do you do that?

      You have to go through the browser instead of the app
    • Posts: 405 Member
      If I were working I'd expect to do all nonwork surfing on my own time and my own dime. Is it normal for people to net surf at work now? It's been a long time since I've had a paying job, so things may have changed. Just curious.
      We're multitasking! :tongue:
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