My University has blocked online gaming

[Thaius]

denying you such a basic right

Sorry pal, but internet access is a privilege, not a right. The Uni is well within reason to place whatever restrictions they deem necessary. I can see no reason for them to allow online gaming, as there is almost no way of justifying it as necessary for work, unlike access to sites such as BBC iPlayer and various other streams which offer a variety of documentaries and other bullcrap that could be used to assist students.

But you pay them to live there. You pay them for room and board, for internet access, all that stuff. They live there, which means this is not simply a matter of working at school, it is a matter of living there, and paying to do so. In that situation, I would unquestionably call it a right; part of what they are paying for is internet; it is undoubtedly factored into the price to live on campus, so the students are rather directly paying for internet access. Internet access they should, since they are paying for it, be able to actually use. These students have a right to have access to what they pay for, just as much as I have a right to make full use of the car I bought and paid for, or to continue using the Gamefly service I pay monthly fees to use.

Were this strictly a matter of being on campus, I could agree, but this is nothing short of an outrage if we're also including on-campus residence.