The "Ask a Durham Student" Thread :)

Or where I live just thick, non-drunk, locals

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7399026.stm

Lucky bugger.

Bit of a random question - which mobile phone provider has the best coverage in Durham? Because I'm on Virgin and on the occasions I've been to Durham and stayed in Van Mildet, I've found I have no signal at all unless I climb on the desk and virtually fall out the window, and I'd really rather not do that for the next three years...

Are any of the others markedly better? Thanks.

I'm on Virgin and I only have trouble getting reception while I'm in college (Butler), but everyone else here seems to have the same problem no matter what network they're on. Maybe the walls are lined with lead or something.

Nah not lead, most of the colleges are made out of reinforced concrete for the large part. The best killer of wireless signals pretty much.

Are the lecture theatres made out of reinforced concrete too (but not the buildings)? I find my signal always drops to zero when in lecture theatres, and find it returns to full as soon as I exit...

natwest, HSBC, Barclays, Northern Rock and Co-op. There might possibly be an RBS somewhere as well.

RBS is in effect Natwest I think, Natwest is a subsiduary of them.

There's a Halifax over at North Road too.