Internet Access & Residential Computing
During your time in the residence halls, Residential Computing, or “ResComp,” will be your internet provider and technical support resource. To get set up with your Internet connection, you must attend a half-hour Cal Connect workshop during Welcome Week. In this session, your friendly ResComp support staff will tell you about available tech support services as well as safe and smart computing on the campus network.
Printed schedules of the Cal Connect workshops will be included in your welcome packet as well as available online during move-in at www.rescomp.berkeley.edu.
Make sure to bring your own ethernet cables as they are not provided in your room.
Please note that you must attend a Cal Connect workshop in order to activate your internet connection!
For information on activating your in-room Internet connection after moving in, visit the Residential Computing website.
IST: ORCA - Offsite & Residential Communication Auxiliary (formally Residence Telephone Services)
Students living in University-owned housing will receive all telephone service through ORCA. Find out about the mandatory service fee for telephone service, how to access your long distance individual authorization code (IAC), dialing instructions, learn how the system works at http://rts.berkeley.edu, 510-643-7000.
Legal Downloading
UC Berkeley encourages the use of legal downloading for music and other media and offers these services to students in partnership with iTunes and Ruckus.
Visit http://legaldownloads.berkeley.edu for more information and to sign up for easy access to large collections of digital music/media. Go Legal!!