Effective Fall 2005, there is a new Telecom Fee that will be included with all student housing bills. This fee ($48 per quarter) includes an in-room network connection with multiple IP addresses. A small portion of that fee ($5 per quarter) will be for basic phone service with call-waiting. See also New Telecommunications Fee for Students in the April 2005 issue of this publication.
Student Telecom Changes
Over the summer, a basic phone was installed in every residence. Along with these installations, student phone service offerings at Stanford will also be changing. As of September 1, all student phones installed will include basic local dialing (on-campus and a twelve mile calling radius) with call-waiting. There is no need to sign up for basic phone service as it will already be active in the rooms. Students may also opt to sign up for an additional basic line in their unit for a one-time installation fee. Additionally, an optional Feature Package with Voice Mail and Caller ID is available for a fee.
Line billing, which has been available to graduate student housing only, will be discontinued and all students will need to use a Personal Billing Number (PBN) or calling card to place long distance calls from campus. Students can submit an order for the optional feature package as well as a PBN through Axess.
The in-room network connection with multiple IP addresses is also active in the rooms. Students just have to register their computers through Axess.
Summary of Basic Service
- One wall mounted telephone in every student living unit;
- Ability to receive incoming calls and place outgoing calls;
- Free 12 mile calling radius from campus (Palo Alto, Mt. View, Menlo Park, Atherton, Redwood City);
- Call Waiting;
- Access the phone number by calling 7-CALL or 7-2255; and
- Line blocking (no outbound Caller-ID). Dial
- 82 at the beginning of the call in order to send the Caller ID for that one call
- Optional feature package is available (Voicemail & Caller-ID).
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