Kind of reminds me, on the 29th of May, Yours truly has got to stand up in court and complain about the licensing.
The court is for Appeal (Since my conviction of such a horrific act of watching a "television without a licenses" is an absolute farce).
1: It was not my television, I was not watching it, it was impossible to watch because the remote had been crushed making it impossible to adjust the brightness/contracts to make it viewable. It sat in the corner of a communial lounge room collecting dust.
2: I did not own/ was not renting/leasing the property (building) and had not made any arrangements with the real property tenant about any contracts over how the television license was to be dealt with. Since I paid no rent or lodgings, I didn't think that it applied.
3: Something else I can't add here yet, but if it comes out could cause the BBC to lose their broadcasting license.
As for being a student... well...
If your still just a Six Former or College student thats a prob, but if you've managed to get away from family then you should think about lodging with multiple people.
Between you get the 1Mb connection (or cable, or 2Mb connects lol) and then LAN the sheet out of the building your in.
Then you've suddenly got Gaming partners, Fast internet rates all under one roof and for cheap.