A recent survey indicated 90 percent of housing students have and use their cell phones as a primary phone. It may be a convenience you'll also want to consider. However, all residential hall rooms and family housing apartments are equipped with single-line, analog phone service, but DOES NOT include a basic telephone. You must provide your own personal phones, cordless phones, and answering machines. Phone connection features included are: free local calling, last number dialed, call forwarding, call waiting, hold, and automatic callback. Information on the use of these features can be found at: www.colorado.edu/telecom/UsingYourPhone/standard-residents.html
Phone Tips
Just dial the last five digits when calling from an on-campus number to another on-campus number. University offices are 5-xxxx or 2-xxxx. Residence hall and family housing numbers are 6-xxxx.
Dial an 8 before any off-campus phone numbers.
Dial a 7 first when calling from campus lobby phones.
If you don't know your room phone number, then from your room call 5-HELP (4357) for assistance.
Report problems for a residence hall/family housing telephone by calling 303-492-HELP.
Telephone Assistance Call 303-735-COMM (5-2666 from an on-campus phone).
Directory Assistance For student numbers: 6-1411 For faculty/staff numbers: 2-1411
Operator Assistance: 0
Long-distance rates are 6 cents per minute, for calls within the United States. For international call rates go to www.colorado.edu/telecom/ratesapp/. Each resident receives a secure long distance authorization code.
