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Telephone Services

Each residence hall room has a telephone jack, but you must provide your own telephone. With the exception of the North Village apartments, each room has only one jack, so you should coordinate with your roommate. Cordless phones are not recommended and tend to be unreliable when used in this environment.

Dialing Instructions

On-campus extensions:
Dial the 4-digit extension number

Local calls:
Dial 9, followed by the 7-digit telephone number

Toll Free Long Distance calls (area codes 800, 888, 877, etc.)
Dial 9, followed by 1 and the area code and number

Long Distance (Toll) calls:
To dial long distance, you must have a calling card or be prepared to use a credit card or make a collect call. Calling card calls are made by dialing the toll-free number provided by your calling card provider and following their instructions.

Credit card and collect calls may be made by dialing the toll-free number supplied by your credit card company or preferred collect call vendor and following their instructions.

You may also use third-party billing options offered by the long distance companies. For example: Dial 9+0+area code and number and wait for the Qwest operator. (9+01+country code and number for international calls). For other long distance companies, dial 9 + your preferred carrier's access code + 0+area code and number. (e.g. AT&T is 10288.)

You must not attempt to charge phone calls or other services to the Furman telephone number assigned to you (or to any other Furman telephone number). Such use is prohibited and blocked. However, some unscrupulous companies will accept such charges which then appear on Furman's telephone bill. We consider these to be fraudulent charges and will take disciplinary action if appropriate.