Student Instructions
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.
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.
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Faculty and Staff 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:
Furman University employees who need to make long distance calls on university business are furnished with an individual 6-digit long distance authorization code. If you do not have one, you should contact Computing and Information Services at extension 2021.
Dial 8, followed by the area code and number, wait for the tone, then enter your six-digit authorization code. (8+011+country code and number for international calls).
Personal Calls
Check with your department chair or supervisor to see if the department will permit personal calls to be charged to your authorization code. If so, you are responsible for reimbursing your department for the cost of these calls.
If your department does not allow personal calls to be charged in this manner, or if you prefer to use a personal calling card or credit card, or call collect, view the student dialing instructions.
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