I seriously think we work at the same company. As of today the same happened to me.

I do think it's because they block everything with games, to prevent people from playing online games. I'll email the helpdesk monday to ask for VGC approval.

Could be worse. Where I work we have a really fast internet connection but are strictly prohibited from browsing websites. In fact we are being audited right now by the IT department lol.

Oh, so the RGS still works? Good to know. I take it you work in Stavanger?

BengaBenga: Remote desktop (windows terminal service) is blocked, but I use logmein.com, remote desktop through a web-browser. Works like a charm.

And no, I work in Oslo.

 I notice that most of the people we hired at my company, if they were obsessed with video games, tend not to be very productive.   If their monitor is not within open view of a supervisor, they would play all kinds of games during work hours.   You give them some work assignments, they often do it half heartedly to finish early and try to sneak some game times in.    As a gamer myself, I tried to help these people get some balance back into their work habbit.  But so far I had not been sucessful.    All of these guys,  bright people, we enventually had to let go!

Employers know how much gaming habit can steal their employees valuable productivity.   This is why they blocked gaming sites.   If you finish your assignment early, come bug your boss to give you new assignment.  Organize your desk.  Offer help to people who still have not finish their work. Try to pick up new skill, etc.  There are tons of things you can do during slow times that will benefit your work, help sharpen up job skills, and make you look much better than your peers come times for promotion.

Hmm, it's too much of a coincidence to not be the same company, but I didn't know we had an office in Oslo. Maybe it's a general AT&T thing.

But if your company is Dutch we work at the same company.

And many thanks for the link, that saves me potential emberassing emails from my line manager, lol.

BengaBenga: yeah, we do have a big office in Oslo :)

And don't worry about embarrasing emails, they block stuff, but they don't monitor your use, afaik that is illegal in our country.

well its pretty simple, if your supposed to work for 8 hours and you have 8 hours of work then stay for 10 and disperse 2 hours of breaks in there, everyones happy. - Seriously your there to work, they are paying you to work, so work!

Just get in good with your System Admin. The admin that works at my company is less qualified than I am (even though I don't do IT now) and often comes in to ask me questions. My job doesn't require me to have access to the web, but since the admin likes me, and he is the one who makes purchases, they got me a brand new Acer Laptop last year that I get to carry around in my work truck with free mobile access.

It has came in handy when I run into problems and need tech support. I would rather use the internet for its knowledge base than someone on the phone who can't speak English.

Wow, that stinks for you.