my university accommodation even banned us from sharing files via windows filesharing

In the UK, only one student account can be opened per person. This includes Natwest's Step Account and HSBC's Student/International Student Account.

If you are planning to get a credit card here, try to open a Natwest's Step Account. starting june 2005, international student must stay in the UK for at least 3 years before they can get credit card from HSBC, but Natwest can grant a credit card straight away for Step Account holder.

According to some of my friends' opinion, HSBC's internet banking is better than Natwest's.

Some of my friends opened Natwest's step account and HSBC's international student account simultaneously. by doing that, both of the banks can not check whether you already opened a student account from another bank. With this, you can get a credit card from Natwest and a convenient internet banking from HSBC.

However, policies can change. Make sure you check the fine print properly, as they change their policies quite frequent.

when i opened my account with HSBC last year, they didnt even ask for bank draft or anything, they just need a letter of attendance from my university, and that's all.

edit:

and passport of course..

This post has been edited by vorchiel: Aug 14 2006, 11:22 PM

that's why i said that policies may change ..
moreover Natwest is more strict on overdraft for the step account. my friend got charged 38 GBP for leaving his account on overdraft for a few days ..

mine is international students account.. they havent charge me a single penny since october 2005 .. i can open my account straightaway last year.. maybe there are hidden rules difference between branches..

last year i only brought my medical checkup report and chest xray report. i dont know about now.

I've also read somewhere about that. I opened my account with HSBC in 2005 and haven't been charged till today.

Just a heads up for people who are using 08XX number to call overseas from your O2 contract.

On downloading:
It depends on your provider. Most ISPs allow RapidShare (and other 1-click hosters) and bit-torrent. My university halls of residence blocks bit-torrent but http downloads like RapidShare, Megaupload etc are allowed.

FYI MAS doesnt have KUL-MAN flights anymore. Most of the time, your sponsor will arrange it for you

I've found a new 0790xxxxxxx number that uses O2 free minutes. And it's not included in this list

I'm sorry but Sky Broadband uses DSL technology which requires a landline

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_broadband

07978 555555

I think it's included because it's not on the O2 list. I'm in Manchester

It's free for now. But I doubt that O2 will charge it starting from 28th of September. Whatever this is, I have my faith in this list

This post has been edited by vorchiel: Sep 20 2007, 03:57 PM

Make sure you read this first

And some feeBay sellers do not accept/use PayPal and refused to give their bank details for direct deposit but they will accept cheques.

Yes, they can if they wanted to

Sorry I don't really know about Vodafone or other telcos