Thread: Done with Kobo
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Old 02-22-2014, 01:59 AM   #34
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
I read the message as saying that the firewall could block the computer's ability to connect to Kobo's website and download ebooks or firmware and not that the Kobo ereader's USB connection would be blocked.
Rereading it, that is probably what was meant. But, the issue is the the PC isn't seeing the device, so it doesn't get that far. The later post did remind me it is possible to disable or otherwise block devices on the USB ports. I don't think that this is the case in this instance.
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We do use some policies on our corporate firewalls at work that can prevent connections to various websites -- at this time, the biggest use is blocking streaming video of Olympic events. For some strange reason, finding out that over the last two weeks, our Internet connection was pretty much maxed out at ~500Mbps for most of the "work" day was not considered a "Good Thing" by higher management.
Yes, streaming video at work. Currently, I work for an ISP that mainly does business connections. We frequently get complaints about the link speed and when we investigate, someone is streaming something. And this month I noticed that the first client that went over their download quota had the words "Ice" and "Sports" in their name. It's not hard to guess what they were watching.
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