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[irwinpryce]

I am a newbie, however I have a few questions regarding media. Being a westerner going to a non English speaking country for the first time I would like to watch English speaking tv (preferably British.) I would also without question require a pritty fast internet connection in my room. I wish to use the net to watch tv shows, chat with firends and access email.


With companies who provide accomodation, do you get internet connection provided?

Is it easy to get internet connection put in, would the companies not like this? - I would quite like to have it already there before I move in.

Would the companies be pritty unhappy about sky tv being installed?

Thanks

[eamo]

It's all your choice. If you are living in a flat provided by your school then you can ask for and get the connections of your choice. Skylife? It's nice. Lots of English channels and football commentary in English. But you will have to pay for that. Usually.

Internet? Your choice. Ask your employer what service is available in your area and choose. Again. You pay the monthly fee. But, in Korea, that will be cheap ( about 15 quid) and really fast.

[icicle]

What is available for you will depend upon where you are located ... and what is allowed in your building ... Your school will often help get things like that sorted out ... Usually TV and Internet are things that you are responsible for paying for ... that could include a connection fee in some situations ... The main one would be if you are in a building that will allow Skylife ... and you decide to go that way ... there is a significant connection fee involved ... I was going to go that way because it did give me more English channels ... but then found out that my buildings owner would not allow it ... so I have the maximum number of cable TV channels which are available in my area ... but could not go the satelite route ... In the end it has been ok for me ... I wanted to have access to English language news ... and CNN had just been taken out of the Cable TV package ... but I have got good access to it via the Internet ... and am OK with what I have now ....

You may actually find that you are better off waiting until after you are here before trying to sort it all out ... and deciding what you want ... there is only one option of Cable TV companies where I am .. with a couple of different options for packages ... but in some areas there is more than one option ... and you may need to decide which one suits you best ...

My Internet is bundled with my Cable TV and is 27,000 a month total. I am in Gyeonggi

Icicle

[irwinpryce]

yeah but is it not really difficult to get this done when you arrive as a new person not being able to speak the language and not really knowing anyone?

Plus i would like to get the benefit out of the 12 month contract

[polonius]

Where are you going to be living? There is a company in Seoul called C & M that provides cable and internet. They have a girl working there that speaks English very well. See if the provide service for your building. Here is the number. 02-2036-9494. I think she only works from 2-6, at least that is the only time I have ever been able to get in touch with her. www.cnm.co.kr

[Mea]

uknova.com is only British shows including soaps (yay Hollyoaks!) and is updated daily.

[blahblahblah]

or, as uknova is closed for invites check out a new site for UK tv thats just been set up. Small, but growing fast,

http://www.thebox.bz

[Yaya]

Skylife TV offers something most cable providers do not: BBC Entertainment (albeit the Korean version with subs) and the Southeast Asian feed of Sky Sports that is completely in English and has TONS of soccer coverage. But of course, you have the usual problems associated with satellite TV like distorted reception during storms or bad weather and others.

If you are willing to drop money, buy a satellite dish from Seki Satellite one million won and get a bunch of English-language channels, mostly from South Africa.