General Information
Telephone Tips
General Telephone Information
All rooms come with a telephone and an individualized voicemail system. On campus and local services are available at no additional cost. You will need to bring a calling card or make other arrangements for long distance services.
While calling cards work, cell phones are the most popular choice for long distance service.
Towers in the area: Lyrix, Nextel & US Cellular
Service in the area: Verizon* & Verizon Partners*, Sprint* & Sprint
Partners*, Cingular* / AT&T* (You will want to check with your provider to make sure your plan will work).Telephone Tips
When you enter Voice Mail (VM) the automated operator will give you instructions on how to use the system. But please be patient!
1. To check your Voice Mail from another phone off campus dial-784-5080 this will let you then enter *(star) your extension number. If you want to leave a message for another person you would dial their extension.
2. Enhanced versions to use instead of 3000
Dial- 60- to leave a message-enter mailbox number
61- *(star)your passcode- to listen to your messages
62- you can forward calls to your VM- (this delivers all of your calls to VM) - to clear hit *#*#
63- (their number) to leave message in someone else's VM
64- (your number) use this to log on and check your VM from any phone (like 3000-*number)
3. May by-pass VM greeting by pressing 9 but you may miss an important part of that persons message. It would be helpful if you would give an early warning in your greeting if you will be gone.
4. If you accidentally dial (9-1-1) please stay on the line and explain what you have done.
5. After deleting a message by accident, wait, don't hang up and it will tell you how to retrieve the message you have just discarded.
6. To back track while listening to a message press (*) to fast forward press (#).
7. To add Do Not Disturb- dial *5 (this means your phone will not ring, it will automatically go to VM), to remove-#5
Please remember to delete messages from your message storage, if they are not necessary to keep. This keeps disk space open and the lines of communication can flow smoothly.
Telephone Tips
General Telephone Information
All rooms come with a telephone and an individualized voicemail system. On campus and local services are available at no additional cost. You will need to bring a calling card or make other arrangements for long distance services.
While calling cards work, cell phones are the most popular choice for long distance service.
Towers in the area: Lyrix, Nextel & US Cellular
Service in the area: Verizon* & Verizon Partners*, Sprint* & Sprint
Partners*, Cingular* / AT&T* (You will want to check with your provider to make sure your plan will work).Telephone Tips
When you enter Voice Mail (VM) the automated operator will give you instructions on how to use the system. But please be patient!
1. To check your Voice Mail from another phone off campus dial-784-5080 this will let you then enter *(star) your extension number. If you want to leave a message for another person you would dial their extension.
2. Enhanced versions to use instead of 3000
Dial- 60- to leave a message-enter mailbox number
61- *(star)your passcode- to listen to your messages
62- you can forward calls to your VM- (this delivers all of your calls to VM) - to clear hit *#*#
63- (their number) to leave message in someone else's VM
64- (your number) use this to log on and check your VM from any phone (like 3000-*number)
3. May by-pass VM greeting by pressing 9 but you may miss an important part of that persons message. It would be helpful if you would give an early warning in your greeting if you will be gone.
4. If you accidentally dial (9-1-1) please stay on the line and explain what you have done.
5. After deleting a message by accident, wait, don't hang up and it will tell you how to retrieve the message you have just discarded.
6. To back track while listening to a message press (*) to fast forward press (#).
7. To add Do Not Disturb- dial *5 (this means your phone will not ring, it will automatically go to VM), to remove-#5
Please remember to delete messages from your message storage, if they are not necessary to keep. This keeps disk space open and the lines of communication can flow smoothly.
