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Questions for previous WDWCP.
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bamboo7
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Hey!
Vista Way has no internet access in the rooms, aside from your phone like, from which you can dial up (thats what i did).
There is also a computer alb there, but it is honestly slower than dial up, and the computers are lowsy.
At chatham square, they give each apartmetn two phone lines, one for phone, one for computers. also, if you want to pay for it you can get cable modem (or so i was told by the (now extinct) college program housing desk. they probobly have a computer lab too, but ive never been to it.
i don't know about the commons and internet.
as a cast member, you have access to Centers Of Excellence (they arent called that anymore, but i don't remember what they were renamed as). they have the internet there, and it is fast, but i am not sure if they have any restriction as far as what you are using it for.
bamboo7
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oh, just in case you arent aware, you probobly won't be placed in the commons. that is mostly for international program participants and advanced interns, but a few months ago, after they closed chatham square they stuck regular cps.
as of august the commons was re-opened to CPs who have their own reliable car. no bus service available there (this could have changed since august, i havent heard anythign though).
Vista is pretty much just for CPs, but i have known a handfull of advanced interns who lived there.
as of august the commons was re-opened to CPs who have their own reliable car. no bus service available there (this could have changed since august, i havent heard anythign though).
Vista is pretty much just for CPs, but i have known a handfull of advanced interns who lived there.
xfkirsten
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Yup, as previously mentioned, neither have high-speed installed, but Chatham does have two phone lines. And there are computer labs, but they're not great. My experience with them tended to test my patience. If you get lucky, and are there when the connection is good, they're great. But I found that their connections were often down, sometimes for days at a time (at least at all the times I went in there). That was the case at Chatham's lab, anyways. And at Chatham, there's only I think 9 computers, and a lot of people wanting to use them. So sometimes you have to plan ahead, sign up for a time slot, and come back later.
I only used Vista's computer lab once, but it was enough to scare me away from it. It's much larger, and there's a lot more computers, but it's so slow. I tried a few different computers, and none of them could access my normal, web-based e-mail site. And pages took forever to load.
My advice is, if you need the internet regularly, to get a cheap dial-up connection and bring your computer. I used NetZero's basic pay service, and it worked great.
As for high-speed, I've heard of people who have gotten it, but I'm not sure how easy it is to do.
-Kirsten
I only used Vista's computer lab once, but it was enough to scare me away from it. It's much larger, and there's a lot more computers, but it's so slow. I tried a few different computers, and none of them could access my normal, web-based e-mail site. And pages took forever to load.
My advice is, if you need the internet regularly, to get a cheap dial-up connection and bring your computer. I used NetZero's basic pay service, and it worked great.
As for high-speed, I've heard of people who have gotten it, but I'm not sure how easy it is to do.
-Kirsten