Ugly Common Room
Our
Common room where the television is looks really awful. Therefore we decided to
refurbish it and liven it
up.
NTL phone system
You probably noticed, that you cannot call the 0800 numbers. That is
because NTL does not allow it and force us to use only their costly system.
There are no other opportunitity to call 0800 numbers, since the nearest BT
box is 1 mile away. We are denied to use unmetered Internet access (no payment
for the time spent, a monthly subsription instead) as well, the offer that
every residential customer can have today. Instead, we are paying a lot of money
for this telephone system, in total much more than residential customers
including their line rental, which we do not pay. Some of us, who live
here for example more than one year (and are in fact in a sense
"residential") would like to pay line rental and have all services
that market nowadays offers available, which would be in total much
cheaper. If you want to act on your own and wish to have a free choice, you
will not get it. It is forbidden to install a separate line your room, even if
you have paid totally it.
Lack of the Toilett Paper
Although this sounds a bit funny, it is in fact a serious problem.
Toilett paper is provided into flats every 3 months in insufficient amounts.
After one month there is no toilett paper available and you have to buy your own
one. We have worse situation in every respect in comparison with campus people.
We pay comparable rent, have to clean ourselves, live far away from university,
do not have access to BT boxes, computers in labs etc, and moreover, we have to
"invest" into toilett paper, which is provided free on campus all the
time.
Hazel Farm Bus Service
Sometimes it is impossible to get into full bus, or the bus is missing
completely. This is a lot of pain for us, since it takes usually another hours
to get to the University.
Insufficient bus shelter
The bus shelters
for Hazel Farm bus are quite small, especially at the University.
If you face any problem and want to do something about it, or simply want to
comment existing problems, please do not hesitate to contact us, we are 7 people, but with your help or
suggestions we can do a lot.