| Usually the first year of university will have you living | | | | By and large you will likely be told to sort it out |
| in halls of residence owned by the university and had | | | | yourself, this is a bit tougher but it's still possible to |
| a whole bunch of fun (as well as occasionally | | | | sort it yourself without the landlord's help (but |
| studying!) and found some friends to live with next | | | | obviously with his/her permission). Firstly you need to |
| year. Chances are around this time of year you'll | | | | check the phone line in the house, assuming your |
| already have sorted or be viewing houses as | | | | house has a phone line you'll be able to find out |
| potential party places for you and your mates next | | | | whether you need to sort the phone line out before |
| year. | | | | you even think about Broadband. |
| When it comes to the essentials there's obviously | | | | If you pick up the phone and hear no dial tone then |
| gas, water and electricity for which you'll no doubt be | | | | you're going to have to contact the telephone |
| getting a number of bills through in the coming | | | | company to sort getting your line connected on the |
| months, but over the past few years we've seen a | | | | software side, since the hardware aspect is obviously |
| new commodity added to this list: Broadband | | | | working since you were able to find a telephone! This |
| Internet. | | | | unfortunately can take some time, an engineer will |
| Some university owned accommodation will have | | | | have to come out and activate your line and they |
| internet capabilities, albeit an overburdened | | | | don't tend to be quick to come out, you'll likely be |
| connection being shared throughout an entire building. | | | | looking at 10-15 days I'm afraid. |
| At least this year there'll only be a small group of you | | | | If you pick up the phone and get a dial tone and you |
| living in one house so you can at least look forward | | | | can call someone this is a very bad thing. This means |
| to feasting on some more speed when it comes to | | | | that the previous tenant hasn't canceled their |
| internet browsing and downloading. Getting | | | | contract with the provider before moving out. Again |
| broadband in a normal house can be a bit of a pain, | | | | you'll have to phone up the telephone company to |
| it's especially annoying when it comes to living in a | | | | get the line disconnected and get a new one in your |
| rented house and this series of articles aims to help | | | | name instead, since you own the house now. |
| guide you through scoring yourself some decent | | | | Once you have an active phone line in your name |
| internet in your new Animal House! | | | | then you can begin looking at various broadband |
| First things first | | | | deals and start to compare broadband suppliers so |
| Initially you need to find out the situation with | | | | that you and your housemates can get ready to |
| regards to the internet in your house, check with the | | | | connect to the internet. The second part of this |
| landlord about whether there is internet already | | | | article will cover the rest of the steps such as getting |
| included. Some landlords will provide access to their | | | | a new broadband connection fitted as well as other |
| internet as an added cost, so make sure you find out | | | | issues such as internet connection sharing and |
| all the details when it comes to charges. | | | | wireless internet. |