<p>Do these colleges have wifi in their dorms. </p>
<p>(i'm a guy)</p>
<ol>
<li>Cal Poly Pomona</li>
<li>Cal Poly SLO</li>
<li>UC Irvine</li>
<li>UC Santa Barbara</li>
<li>UC Davis</li>
<li>Cal State San Jose</li>
</ol>
<p>Yes/No</p>
<p>I'm planning to get ethernet cable too. Please include how many feet I should get for each if they have Yes as answers. Thank you!</p>
<p>They should. I’ve heard that all campuses have wifi.</p>
<p>General rule of thumb, just use ethernet, wifi sucks on school campuses.</p>
<p>SJSU DOES NOT have Wifi in their dorms outside of the lounges. It sucks because the dorm internet is extremely slow while the WiFi is at least respectable.</p>
<p>@icedrgaon - Wifi definitely does not suck on ALL school campuses. I cant speak for any of the mentioned, but at my school, U of Maryland, we played starcraft 2 and other online games online on wifi easily. Speedtest gave wifi around 10/2 MB/s if im not mistaken</p>
<p>I heard from a friend’s brother that UCI does not have wifi in their dorm. He just went to UCI to dorm there 4 days ago</p>
<p>Apparently UCI does not provide wireless internet service in the dorms but they invite students to set up wireless access points themselves: [url=<a href=“http://resnet.uci.edu/policy/connection_policy.asp]Resnet”>http://resnet.uci.edu/policy/connection_policy.asp]Resnet</a> Policies and Connection Guidelines<a href=“That’s%20strictly%20prohibited%20at%20some%20other%20colleges!”>/url</a></p>
<p>What’s the recommended ethernet length that will work for most colleges? My friend’s brother got recommendation for a 25 ft ethernet cable xD and that’s what he went with.</p>
<p>I would just go ahead and get an Ethernet cord, just in case the wifi is really slow. I would think 25-30 feet would be more than plenty for any dorm room.</p>
<p>I had a 10 or 12 ft ethernet cable. A few times I wish it had been longer (it didn’t quite reach my favorite corner of the room) and at other times it felt way too long (especially when I was at my desk and too lazy to roll up the extra cord).</p>
<p>It’s always better to get bigger cat 5 cables so you can move your computer if needed, or it’s far from outlet. If you don’t need the extra length, just tie it.</p>
<p>any non-third-world uni ought to have a decent wifi connection in its dorms.</p>
<p>Sadly, Cal Poly Pomona does not have any wifi in their dorms</p>
<p>I would bring an ethernet cord to any dorm, for a stronger connection.</p>
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<p>Why? A wired connection is always going to be more reliable, and you can easily use a router if you need wireless (just don’t tell anyone the password, or else they’ll eat your bandwidth!)</p>
<p>UW had crappy wi-fi in the dorms, or fast ethernet. Around campus there was good wi-fi though.</p>
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<p>How long would you recommend me getting? 6ft? 12ft? etc.</p>
<p>Uci has wifi on campus but not in the dorms. However you can always take an Ethernet cable or set up a router</p>
<p>Get at least 10 ft. I messed up and brought only a 6 ft one last year, and the internet box was on the complete opposite side as my desk, so I had to buy a longer one.</p>
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<p>Thanks. I was about to make the same mistake like you did. lmao.</p>
<p>12’ should be enough unless your dorm is a suite/mini apartment. Brand and cable quality do not matter for cables this short.</p>