Our community college system claims that 80% of its internet bandwidth is being taken up by non-business usage. (They published a list of hits on various sites which, if true, is surprising). In response to this they are instituting a plan to block all non-college business internet sites from the college network including the library and all student wireless access.
A person who might need access to Ebay for an E-Business class needs to fill a request for access on a specific date and time, present the request to the college president who can then, if so inclined, open access from one specific computer during that time. Such requests will be renewed each semester.

I find the plan absurd, but well within a range of the comprehensible by today's class of administrators. But what I am really interested in is how other institutions and businesses deal with the issue? Are you blocked from using the internet at work? If so, what parameters are used in the blocking. Has anyone else seen any statistics on what kind of internet usage is typical in the workplace?

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