The Imperial College social room :)

hey, im v. new here, but bumped into your board whilst trawling for imperial info.. hopefully joining some of you on the Mphys course (results depending) and hey im a girl... personally the high male to female ratio was an attraction after 2 years at an all girls school.. oo and i couldn't help noting this side conversation about the chinese studying habits.. i can't exactly vouch for the guys, but from what i hear from the boarders dorms in my school.. the chinese spend alot of time in thier rooms with eachother talking/listening to music/whatching dvd's not doing the 24 hour study thing.. although i do note they hardy ever made it into our common room.. which is a shame.. but anyway good luck in the results! and i hope there may be a few new friends among you!!

1) how fast approximately is the connection??
2) are ICL as strict as all other colleges in terms of how gaming/downloading "music"/p2p e.t.c.?

So if the rooms don't have cable TV... where can we watch it? Does the common room in each dorm have a wide selection of channels?

So.. any way to get our own broadband access? How about dialup through the phone? BTW, what's the charge on local calls through the phones in our rooms?