And, in Norfolk schools at least, can't d/l ISOs either which is a disappointment.
Syd, I don't know why you came up with that statement which is blatently untrue as I download lots of iso's from different sources all the time.
We can send smtp mail using the country mail relay, ssl sites are fine, pinging web servers works, irc doesn't. As far as the best sites being filtered etc... well there are always ways
Cheers,
Ben