Communication, Internet and Phones

Mailing address
Your name
Pembroke-King's Programme
King's College
Cambridge
CB2 1ST
UK

Cambridge University e-mail address
Unfortunately it is not possible to give students on the Pembroke-King's Programme a Cambridge University e-mail address.

Internet access
All rooms have network points to connect to the internet and students will be loaned network cables if they require them.

Students will also have free and open wi-fi Internet access in the Cambridge Union Society building where most lectures take place.

Computers and Laptops
All students will have 24-hour swipecard access to the Turing Room, the King's College undergraduate computer room.

Bandwidth limit
Unlike at most universities in the US, bandwidth provision to universities in the UK is still extremely expensive and capacity is limited. To ensure that a few users do not slow the speed of internet traffic for everyone else on the network, students are limited to a quota of 2000 Mbytes per 24 hours. For more information on this please see Pembroke's Network Traffic Control Policy.

Mobile phones
To find out if you can use your US mobile phone in the UK you should check with your service provider.

Students in the past have found that buying a mobile phone in the UK is often the cheapest option, and there are numerous shops in Cambridge where you can purchase a handset and SIM card to use a 'pay as you go' plan. This involves buying phone credit in advance, either at the phone shop, over the telephone, or at kiosks located in a variety of convenient locations. For information on prices visit:

• Carphone Warehouse, located on Market Street.
• Phones4U, on Market Street.
• Orange, on Petty Cury Lane.
• T-Mobile, on Petty Cury Lane.