Q: Can I access the Internet from my dorm room?

Answer

Yes. Undergraduates and graduate students at MIT living in dormitories have access to MITnet through a network connection located in their dorm room. Each dorm room is equipped with a special phone-jack (called a 5ESS jack), and these jacks have two "connections" available. One connection is for a telephone, the other is for the network connection.

If your room has multiple residents, there should be other network drops on other jacks in the room.