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Outlying Hostel Connections
Residents of all College Hostels in Devonshire Road, St. Barnabas Road, Glisson Road and Petersfield will be required to provide their own network connection. The College has agreed to subsidise this connection on the following basis:
Each hostel will need one student to volunteer to take out the subscription for a residential broadband connection. This person will be reimbursed the cost of the contract up to a value of £300. Students can arrange for a more expensive broadband plan if they wish, but the additional cost will have to be met by them.
Generally the recommendation is to use Virgin Media broadband due to the distance and line quality of the BT cable infrastructure in the area our hostels are located (particularly Devonshire Road). This line quality will impact the speed and quality of your connection. It should be noted however that some residents have reported favourable performance on the BT provided cables even in the worst area so the customer experience obviously varies.
Please note that if you are arranging a contract using BT telephone cable (i.e. ADSL broadband), you are not required to buy a BT Broadband contract as there are other providers who make use of the BT infrastructure and may offer a more competitive range of broadband packages.
The following comparison site will give you up-to-date information : http://www.cable.co.uk/compare/student-broadband/. It also provides useful information for students to consider beforehand. Other Ofcom accredited comparison sites can also be used.
Most providers will now supply a wireless router as part of their package to enable you to share the connection. If this is not the case, the College will provide the necessary hardware. Please contact the IT Department to arrange this. Once you have your internet connection installed in your hostel. Sharing the connection is normally straightforward, but if you have any technical difficulties please contact the IT Department.
You will need to take a copy of your contract to the Accounts Office in Y8 to arrange your rebate. It would be helpful if you could provide a list of the other residents in the hostel to the Accounts staff when you do this.
If you have any other non-technical questions please contact the Domestic Bursar, preferably by e-mail at domestic-bursar@christs.cam.ac.uk .
Student Websites
Christ's College has two student run websites, one run by the JCR for undergraduates and the other run by the MCR for the graduate students of the college.