Automatic Callback
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Automatically retries busy on campus numbers or on campus
numbers that do not answer.
To activate: When the called number is busy or does
not answer, press 6. Listen for confirmation tone and hang up.
When the called number is available, the system will ring your
telephone (interrupted fast ring). You must answer before the
ringing stops (eight seconds) and your call will be
automatically placed. If automatic callback is not allowed
against a number, you will not hear a confirmation tone.
To cancel: Press #6# and hang up.
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Call Waiting (from
off-campus)
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Notifies you when an off campus caller is attempting to reach
you while you are on the telephone.
To answer: When you hear the call waiting tone (2
short beeps) hang up the first call and the second call will
ring through or press 2 to answer the second call and place
the original call on hold. You may then press 2 to move from
call to call.
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Call Waiting (from
a residence hall room)
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Notifies you if someone in another residence hall room is
trying to reach you and has sent you a call waiting tone while
you are on the telephone.
To answer: When you hear the call waiting tone (1
short beep) hang up the first call and the second call will
ring through or press 2 to answer the second call and place
the original call on hold. You may then press 2 to move from
call to call.
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Send Call Waiting
(used between residence hall rooms)
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Allows you to send a call waiting tone to a busy residence
hall room telephone to let the person know that a call is
waiting. Call waiting tones cannot be sent to administrative
or faculty telephone numbers.
To activate: When calling another residence hall
room if the called number is busy press 5. The busy signal
will then change to a ringing tone. You should then wait on
the line to see if the other person will answer your call.
To cancel: If the person you are calling does not
respond to the call waiting tone simply hang up and try the
call later or activate automatic call back by pressing 6 as
described above.
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Data Privacy
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Allows you to block all call waiting tones during computer
modem usage.
To activate: Lift your telephone handset and press
*41#. Then enter the telephone number of the data source you
want to call.
To cancel: Hang up your telephone or depress your
telephone hook switch.
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Distinctive
Ringing
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The telephone system provides a unique pattern of telephone
ringing that allow you to distinguish between different types
of incoming calls.
Three types of ring signals are provided:
Single Ring - On Campus Call Double Ring - Off Campus Call Interrupted Fast Ring - Callback
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Last Number Redial
(for off-campus calls only)
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Allows you to automatically call back the last off campus
number or long distance number entered from your telephone.
To activate: Lift the handset and press ***. The
last off campus number called will be automatically recalled.
To cancel: This feature cannot be canceled and will
continue to store the last off campus number called.
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Important
Notice!
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BE SURE TO HANG UP YOUR TELEPHONE COMPLETELY AFTER EACH LONG
DISTANCE CALL.
IT IS A VIOLATION OF UNIVERSITY POLICY TO ACCEPT COLLECT
CALLS OR TO BILL CALLS TO UNIVERSITY TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
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