PLEASE HELP WITH THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
We were given a memo this morning at work regarding internet/e-mail usage
and I would appreciate it if someone can verify some facts for me please.
1) Internal e-mails between personel is restricted as it costs the company
money. Phoning is cheaper than e-mailing. True or False.
2) E-mails received "externally are charged to the company - even those
that's deleted unread. True or False?
3)Being online 24/7 without any active browsing on the internet uses up the
3GB cap. True or False?
4)Reading one specific online newspaper and doing private online banking
costs the company money and is viewed as fraud and/or steeling.
5)Browsing sites without downloading anything is expensive and charged to
the company.
If the above statements are true - I've been wrong and very stupid for a
very long time.

"Jacqueline" <Jacqueline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> PLEASE HELP WITH THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
> We were given a memo this morning at work regarding internet/e-mail usage
> and I would appreciate it if someone can verify some facts for me please.
> 1) Internal e-mails between personel is restricted as it costs the company
> money. Phoning is cheaper than e-mailing. True or False.

Neither true or false.

> 2) E-mails received "externally are charged to the company - even those
> that's deleted unread. True or False?

False - emails cannot be "charged" unless your company is charged by the ISP
they use on quantity - never heard of that though...

> 3)Being online 24/7 without any active browsing on the internet uses up
> the
> 3GB cap. True or False?

False. If no data is being downloaded then there is no usage. However, I
begin to suspect - what "company" has a 3GB download limit?

> 4)Reading one specific online newspaper and doing private online banking
> costs the company money and is viewed as fraud and/or steeling.

Doesn't cost the company anything as long as the company has 24/7
broadband - dial-up is a different matter.
However, you should only do it in your break times and not during work
periods ;-)

> 5)Browsing sites without downloading anything is expensive and charged to
> the company.

Rubbish. Unless the company uses dial-up...

Jacqueline wrote:

> PLEASE HELP WITH THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
> We were given a memo this morning at work regarding internet/e-mail usage
> and I would appreciate it if someone can verify some facts for me please.
> 1) Internal e-mails between personel is restricted as it costs the company
> money. Phoning is cheaper than e-mailing. True or False.

The e-mail requires space on the server harddrive to store it, and then
it should backed up so YES it costs the company more money. So True

> 2) E-mails received "externally are charged to the company - even those
> that's deleted unread. True or False?

The question is ambiguous, but the reason may be related to question 3.
And if so the again True

> 3)Being online 24/7 without any active browsing on the internet uses up the
> 3GB cap. True or False?

If "online" means having a browser active set to a "yahoo" home page or
the like, then yes you are receiving content so True

> 4)Reading one specific online newspaper and doing private online banking
> costs the company money and is viewed as fraud and/or steeling.

Yes you are using company resources for personal purposes, so True.

> 5)Browsing sites without downloading anything is expensive and charged to
> the company.

Just how do you think the images and text appear on your PC, so true again .

> If the above statements are true - I've been wrong and very stupid for a
> very long time.

Sorry, but it looks like this one is true also.
>

Gordon wrote:

>
> "Jacqueline" <Jacqueline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:37091097-F52A-4DBE-9B49-5BFB36BC9CE4@microsoft.com...
>
>> PLEASE HELP WITH THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
>> We were given a memo this morning at work regarding internet/e-mail usage
>> and I would appreciate it if someone can verify some facts for me please.
>> 1) Internal e-mails between personel is restricted as it costs the
>> company
>> money. Phoning is cheaper than e-mailing. True or False.
>
>
> Neither true or false.
>
>> 2) E-mails received "externally are charged to the company - even those
>> that's deleted unread. True or False?
>
>
> False - emails cannot be "charged" unless your company is charged by the
> ISP they use on quantity - never heard of that though...
>
>> 3)Being online 24/7 without any active browsing on the internet uses
>> up the
>> 3GB cap. True or False?
>
>
> False. If no data is being downloaded then there is no usage. However, I
> begin to suspect - what "company" has a 3GB download limit?
>
>> 4)Reading one specific online newspaper and doing private online banking
>> costs the company money and is viewed as fraud and/or steeling.
>
>
> Doesn't cost the company anything as long as the company has 24/7
> broadband - dial-up is a different matter.
> However, you should only do it in your break times and not during work
> periods ;-)
>
>> 5)Browsing sites without downloading anything is expensive and charged to
>> the company.
>
>
> Rubbish. Unless the company uses dial-up...
>

Sounds like a small company and they can set the rules as they see fit.
Based on what is implied, they have a pretty tight data cap and I
wouldn't be surprised if they get charged for everything that moves. For
all we know they are runing off a cell card.

"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
news:enrXT79VKHA.1792@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> Sounds like a small company and they can set the rules as they see fit.
> Based on what is implied, they have a pretty tight data cap and I wouldn't
> be surprised if they get charged for everything that moves. For all we
> know they are runing off a cell card.
>

Hmmm. We are on a "business" unlimited download broadband here - all be it
it's only 1MB (too far from the exchange for much more) costs £29 per
month.....ONLY.

Gordon wrote:
>
> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
> news:enrXT79VKHA.1792@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
>>
>> Sounds like a small company and they can set the rules as they see
>> fit. Based on what is implied, they have a pretty tight data cap and I
>> wouldn't be surprised if they get charged for everything that moves.
>> For all we know they are runing off a cell card.
>>
>
> Hmmm. We are on a "business" unlimited download broadband here - all be
> it it's only 1MB (too far from the exchange for much more) costs £29 per
> month.....ONLY.

When I consider the "implications" when the "company" wants the
employees to call each other on the internal phone as opposed to sending
e-mail, it sounds like they are doing every thing related to e-mail
externally.

"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Gordon wrote:
>>
>> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>> news:enrXT79VKHA.1792@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>
>>> Sounds like a small company and they can set the rules as they see fit.
>>> Based on what is implied, they have a pretty tight data cap and I
>>> wouldn't be surprised if they get charged for everything that moves. For
>>> all we know they are runing off a cell card.
>>>
>>
>> Hmmm. We are on a "business" unlimited download broadband here - all be
>> it it's only 1MB (too far from the exchange for much more) costs £29 per
>> month.....ONLY.
>
> When I consider the "implications" when the "company" wants the employees
> to call each other on the internal phone as opposed to sending e-mail, it
> sounds like they are doing every thing related to e-mail externally.
>

Could be - though I've never heard of an ISP charging by the quantity of
emails - if they have a flat-rate Broadband connection then there is no
other costs - other than the 3GB cap - but that's a lot of emails...

Jacqueline wrote:
> PLEASE HELP WITH THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
> We were given a memo this morning at work regarding internet/e-mail usage
> and I would appreciate it if someone can verify some facts for me please.
> 1) Internal e-mails between personel is restricted as it costs the company
> money. Phoning is cheaper than e-mailing. True or False.
> 2) E-mails received "externally are charged to the company - even those
> that's deleted unread. True or False?
> 3)Being online 24/7 without any active browsing on the internet uses up the
> 3GB cap. True or False?
> 4)Reading one specific online newspaper and doing private online banking
> costs the company money and is viewed as fraud and/or steeling.
> 5)Browsing sites without downloading anything is expensive and charged to
> the company.
> If the above statements are true - I've been wrong and very stupid for a
> very long time.
>

Bull**** if you ask me; they're just trying get their staff to stop
wasting time on the internet and sending dodgy emails, and do some work
for a change ;)