Ineternet in hall&#x27;s just got crap.

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miss_snake

wait does that apply the same for shared rooms? or is there just more than on outlet?

I'd imagine there are two outlets in shared rooms meaning you are allowed 2 machines in total.

Reply 3

fairygirl21

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i don't really understand why its got crap because i don't have a clue what the rules are on about.
is there a certain amount of hours we can use the internet in a week?

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fairygirl21

i don't really understand why its got crap because i don't have a clue what the rules are on about.
is there a certain amount of hours we can use the internet in a week?

You most likely won't notice it if you just use the web for browsing web-pages or reading e-mail, but beyond that it starts getting dodgy. As an example, if you have both a laptop and a desktop you are not allowed to connect both of them at the same time.

Another good one is found in the terms and conditions:
15. Accept that the University is not a commercial Internet Service Provider (ISP) & as such does not operate a compensation policy for disruptions to the ResNet Service. The service is operated on a non-profit basis & the introduction of a compensation policy for periods during which the service is not available would result in rent increases.

Havingc omnpared university accomodation offers to the local private accomodation I can tell you that the non-profit part of it is about as non-profit based as Microsoft's turnover.

Reply 5

minicoopa

come again...?

simple terms for us who don't have a phd in computer...ness?

Reply 6

aluakz

Jonatan

Havingc omnpared university accomodation offers to the local private accomodation I can tell you that the non-profit part of it is about as non-profit based as Microsoft's turnover.

how much would you usually pay monthly for accommodation off campus (including the utility bills)? i'm particularly interested in leam. thanks

Reply 7

moccakiss

fairygirl21

i don't really understand why its got crap because i don't have a clue what the rules are on about.
is there a certain amount of hours we can use the internet in a week?

Oh my god! I hope there isn't a limit on the number of hours of using the internet per week. That would be horrible. Some of us need to use it alot apart from e-mailing for academic purposes.

Reply 8

minicoopa

...academic purposes?? que?

:smile:

Reply 9

aluakz

calm down there. there is no time limit. but there's upload/download limit. 1.3 GB per week and this 5 GB per month. which isn't that bad (more than enough for normal use). no downloading movies anymore though... damn

music?

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aluakz

how much would you usually pay monthly for accommodation off campus (including the utility bills)? i'm particularly interested in leam. thanks

I dunno about leam, but our house in earlsdon, which includes water and a broadband connection ( a real one, as opposed to the university nonsense ), is £55 per person per week ( 4 person house ), but you need to add gas and electricity to that ( tho that is true for the off-campus university accomodation as well ).

Reply 12

Linda

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well the gas/electricty is certainly not more than £10 per person per week, so approx £65 I'd say including utilities.

Reply 13

TomX

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minicoopa

music?

The page says you can't use P2P applications, meaning no BitTorrent, Kazaa, Shareaza, Limewire, etc.

However, you can download it using non-P2P applications, for example: lastfm, radio blog club or from places where you can buy it online.

Also, you have a limit of 5GB per month (this includes MSN and browsing the web, though they don't take up much bandwidth). It'll be enough for most people.

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TomX

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Also, you have a limit of 5GB per month (this includes MSN and browsing the web, though they don't take up much bandwidth). It'll be enough for most people.

Yea. Most people will find other aspects of the connection ( or sometimes lack thereof) more important...

Reply 15

fairygirl21

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whats this 5 gb stuff.
how many hours do you think you could go on msn, & browsing random web pages before this 5 gb was up?

Reply 16

m1kes

aluakz

calm down there. there is no time limit. but there's upload/download limit. 1.3 GB per week and this 5 GB per month. which isn't that bad (more than enough for normal use). no downloading movies anymore though... damn

Are you kidding me!!?

5GB a month!?
Hahah - I think I get through that in less than half a week with torrents. :mad:

Fairygirl21, you won't get ANYWHERE near 5gb doing those things you mentioned. It's just if you're a hefty downloader.

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