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My hall has no Internet access!
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I found out today that the student accommodation I'll be living in will not have any Internet access. This worries me, because I'm a 100% total Internet geek. Also, I'm studying graphic design and I'd say it's pretty damn important to do research on the net.
Anyway, my question is this: Is there any way of getting Internet access in a student hall that doesn't have it already available? Can I get it from a private company? I was thinking maybe some sort of wireless Internet? Is anything like this available?
I've been searching on Telewest's, NTL's and Virgin.net's sites but I can't find anything.
I have had the Internet since 1999 in one form or another and the thought of not having it on demand in my room is worrying. Yes, I realise I can just go to the library and use it, but I use the net for enjoyment and sitting in a library kind of takes that away.
Anyway, suggestions please? Thanks.
Anyway, my question is this: Is there any way of getting Internet access in a student hall that doesn't have it already available? Can I get it from a private company? I was thinking maybe some sort of wireless Internet? Is anything like this available?
I've been searching on Telewest's, NTL's and Virgin.net's sites but I can't find anything.
I have had the Internet since 1999 in one form or another and the thought of not having it on demand in my room is worrying. Yes, I realise I can just go to the library and use it, but I use the net for enjoyment and sitting in a library kind of takes that away.
Anyway, suggestions please? Thanks.
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I'm sure there is some sort of wireless scheme you can use though. I hope you get the internet one way or another!
I'd say if you've got a good union rep and can get in a dialogue with someone you've got a fair chance, especially if you say everyone in halls agrees to pay an annual fee (at york I have to pay £60)
Do you have a phone connection? If you do you can probably get dial up through any number of sources. By all means try your union or whatever but if there's good provision in the library don't bank on getting much support. Another option would be to put into accomodation for a transfer to somewhere that does if it bothers you that much. Although you should be warned that internet access in halls is often through the uni network and thus you can't use it for all your private entertainment needs.
i do most of my work at my uni library anyway.
UWE had halls reps who dealt with exactly this sort of problem, find out if you have one if not, start your campaign for office!
In addition, the hall I'm in is actually an exchange student hall apparantly. How crap is that? Not that I have anything against overseas students, obviously but I find it weird that I've been given a room in an exchange student hall. I'm from Liverpool, not another country!
The idea about lobbying to get it installed is a good one but I doubt I'd be listened to much, especially since the hall itself only houses 24 people. I'm sure their argument would be that it would cost too much to install and they wouldn't see any benefits.
I'm calling the accommodation office tomorrow and asking if there's still a chance I can decline the room and instead, move into shared accommodation for two months and wait for another room to become available. As Neil said (And that's weird, my name is Neil too. Are you me? :eek2: ), the Internet is part of my life. It's not just a luxury I can easily do without for both course-related reasons and just personal enjoyment. And no, I don't mean porn!
Here's hoping they agree to my change of heart.
What do you mean by shared accomodation? You may be hard pushed to find something else at this short notice. Which city are you in?
Switching isn't an option. Everywhere's full. It was either shared accommodation or accept this single room and at the time of accepting it, as I say, I didn't know there'd be no net access.
If you want to try and get shared, then ring them first thing in the morning because that option may not still be there.
I was/am quite willing to give up my personal space for two months. I just hope that option is still available.
Do try not to get arsey though, it's not their fault you said yes to something you didn't want.
Ring ring ring!
Result!
OK, that's not necessarily helpful. You'll probably find, though, that the uni libraries are open late. As long as you're not stopping anyone from working you'll probably have no trouble if you use it for "personal enjoyment" (unless you change your mind about that not meaning porn...)
But, obviously, I'm all for people getting involved in their SUs so find your education / welfare officer and see how they can help you
Edit... I've jsut realised I missed the important post in this thread. D'oh. Well now you know what to do if it doesn't get installed within 2 weeks...