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Internet in students halls?

Minxz
Minxz Posts: 840 Forumite
in Student MoneySaving
Hi
My sons are going to Oxford Brookes and Bristol Universities soon, and i was wondering about internet connection. Do they have a socket in the room they can plug an ethernet cable into to get online in their room?
I have just bought them laptops, and was wondering about this.

Also, neither of them has heard where they'll be living yet- is this normal?

Thanks!
:o:o:o

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  • bestpud
    bestpud Posts: 11,048 Forumite
    Some have sockets and some are wireless from what I can gather. They are all wireless at my uni. My friends son had to get a wire to plug his in though.

    Don't know if it is normal not to know yet though, sorry. Was it their first choice, or insurance one?

    Once you do know, you should either be told about the internet access, or can look it up in the website.

    Do all of the rooms have it? If so, they may all be the same anyway, in which case you can either check online or ring up and ask.
  • xcat_girlx
    xcat_girlx Posts: 210 Forumite
    it depends on the halls

    we had a wire to plug in and then had to pay a connection charge of about £130 for the year.

    i had internet instead of tv!!
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  • o_c99
    o_c99 Posts: 53 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Your best bet is to contact the accomodation offices of those universities or look at their respective websites. Contact numbers are on both of these links.

    For Oxford Brookes: http://www.brookes.ac.uk/studying/finance/accommodation

    For Bristol:
    http://www.bristol.ac.uk/accommodation/
  • clozza_90
    clozza_90 Posts: 398 Forumite
    Minxz wrote: »
    Also, neither of them has heard where they'll be living yet- is this normal?

    Thanks!

    I'm starting at Warwick this year, and we don't find out what accommodation we've got until some time in September.. it should say somewhere on the university websites when they'll let you know.
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  • popularfurball
    popularfurball Posts: 165 Forumite
    We were wired internet, but they left the wire in the room for you :)

    Oh, and instructions how to plug in and connec!!

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  • sahun
    sahun Posts: 303 Forumite
    popularfurball wrote: »
    We were wired internet, but they left the wire in the room for you :)

    Oh, and instructions how to plug in and connec!!

    Yeah this exactly how mine was, good o have Unis that help.
    But then my mate, at a different Uni, was on wireless which meant he had to get an adapter for his computer and the internet kept getting disconnected!!
    Never knock on death's door, ring the doorbell and run away ..... he hates that :mad:
  • princesslizzie
    princesslizzie Posts: 260 Forumite
    My sis just graduated from Ox Brookes and she had an ethernet point, a socket. Think it was very cheap too!
  • Minxz
    Minxz Posts: 840 Forumite
    Thanks all :)
    Unfortunately my son has been refused a Halls room now!
    :o:o:o
  • lkmc01
    lkmc01 Posts: 967 Forumite
    I have to plug in and connect. currently costing me £40 for 12 months
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