internet access

UltimateFrisbee · 05-28-2006, 05:51 PM

When we bring a laptop, do we have to pay for the connection (to the internet, etc) or is internet connection, etc, free.

ozym · 05-28-2006, 06:09 PM

i'd be shocked if it wasn't free!

UltimateFrisbee · 05-28-2006, 06:12 PM

Yeah, me too, I just heard somewhere that we had to pay for it and cable television. Can any current student tell me whether they pay for their connection and such?

UltimateFrisbee · 05-28-2006, 06:20 PM

What is this website about???? So we do have to pay for internet? That's ********. I thought every school in america was free internet.
http://www.law.duke.edu/computer/how...rnetaccess.htm

bluedevilmike · 05-28-2006, 06:25 PM

Relax. Read the article.

Quote:

Internet Access from home or other remote locations

Unless you plan on living in a remote location, this doesn't apply. Besides which, did you notice it's for law students?

Internet is included in living expenses; television is not.

Joe Meyerowitz · 05-28-2006, 07:38 PM

Correct. Internet is free, including wireless. You need to pay if you are a law student and you want to get access to the internet through the law school when living off campus. TV is free in the commons rooms, but to have cable piped up to your room it costs a certain amount per month. Lots of students don't bother and stop watching TV entirely because there's a lot to do at Duke other than watch TV...

bananainpyjamas · 05-28-2006, 07:55 PM

I don't get why you're so surprised about being charged for cable. I don't know of any schools that offer it for free.

wannabazn88 · 05-28-2006, 08:17 PM

UF does...their dorms suck, but at least they get cable

bananainpyjamas · 05-28-2006, 08:28 PM

UF is also not already too expensive.

wannabazn88 · 05-28-2006, 08:54 PM

this is true...I should have just went there!...lol j/k

seahorse_05 · 05-28-2006, 09:06 PM

Yeah, I wasn't about to pay for cable... I'm not obsessed with TV enough. Then my roommate decided he wanted it and paid for the whole thing, so I didn't complain.

Then he watched the Disney Channel and MTV every day...

If I ever have to see "My Super Sweet 16" or "Made" again...

bluedevilmike · 05-28-2006, 09:16 PM

My brother next year is planning to have a television... but cable is too expensive. That television is Xbox only!

wannabazn88 · 05-28-2006, 09:40 PM

omg! That's right, MTV is cable...I can't live without MTV!

what do we get if we hook up a TV and don't get cable?

bluedevilmike · 05-28-2006, 10:03 PM

Your antenna might be able to get a couple of channels. I think we've tried it and you get maybe two very fuzzy, static-y channels. Rumors say that Duke actually jams the reception to force a monopoly on us.

I'm sure these rumors aren't true, but that just goes to show you how bad the quality is.

wannabazn88 · 05-28-2006, 10:08 PM

dang...that roomate survey should have asked if we wanted cable, so that I could get a roomate who would be willing to split the cable cost with me...