Clientco seems to have blocked Gmail, Hotmail etc. Very annoying because it stops me running my business, i.e. returning emails from agents and so on. Would this be against free speech?
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Originally posted by BusinessAnalyst2012 View PostClientco seems to have blocked Gmail, Hotmail etc. Very annoying because it stops me running my business, i.e. returning emails from agents and so on. Would this be against free speech?
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WTF?Originally posted by BusinessAnalyst2012 View PostClientco seems to have blocked Gmail, Hotmail etc. Very annoying because it stops me running my business, i.e. returning emails from agents and so on. Would this be against free speech?
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You'll have to sue. Employ a hooman rites lawyer immediately.Originally posted by BusinessAnalyst2012 View PostClientco seems to have blocked Gmail, Hotmail etc. Very annoying because it stops me running my business, i.e. returning emails from agents and so on. Would this be against free speech?Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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I do that at any employer or clientco where I manage the server / infrastructure, and its expressly forbidden in my IT policy.Originally posted by BusinessAnalyst2012 View PostClientco seems to have blocked Gmail, Hotmail etc. Very annoying because it stops me running my business, i.e. returning emails from agents and so on. Would this be against free speech?Comment
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No, but you can get a laptop and mobile internet, or you could reasonably claim you need to make gmail accounts for testing purposes if you're working on anything like CRM or web based apps.Originally posted by BusinessAnalyst2012 View PostClientco seems to have blocked Gmail, Hotmail etc. Very annoying because it stops me running my business, i.e. returning emails from agents and so on. Would this be against free speech?And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Its their network, probably their hardware, time they are paying for and their rules.Originally posted by BusinessAnalyst2012 View PostClientco seems to have blocked Gmail, Hotmail etc. Very annoying because it stops me running my business, i.e. returning emails from agents and so on. Would this be against free speech?
get a smart phone or ipad with mobile data and use that. Its what any sensible person would do.
Mind you based on past threads you're neither sensible or vaguely clueful so as nelson says
har har.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Tell them you're a Muslim.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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No, it's against arrogant contractors doing work other than what the client pays them to do.Originally posted by BusinessAnalyst2012 View PostClientco seems to have blocked Gmail, Hotmail etc. Very annoying because it stops me running my business, i.e. returning emails from agents and so on. Would this be against free speech?
Get a smartphone FFS and act like the professional you say you are."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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It is irreverent, there is no legal right to free speech in the UKOriginally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyI can't see any way to do it can you please advise?
I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.Comment
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