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Centrex Office
169 Ayers Lane
P.O. Box 32035
Boone, NC, 28608 USA
+1 (828) 262-2000

Campus Services Building

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Dialing Instructions

Dialing Instructions
 

Dialing Instructions - Administrative Offices

  • Directory Assistance
Dial 9 + 411
  • International Calls (including faxes)
Dial 9 + 011 + Country Code + City Code (if applicable) + local number.   (See local telephone directory for a list of country codes.)
  • Interoffice Calls
Dial the 4-digit number.
  • Local Calls
Dial 9 + 7-digit number.
  • Long-Distance Calls
Dial 9 + 1 + area code + 7-digit number.
Note:   Do not dial 9 + 1 to place a local call as long-distance charges may be generated.
  • Operator Assisted (collect or 3 rd number calls)
Dial 9 + 0.
  • Toll-Free
Dial 9 + 1 + 8XX + 7-digit number.
  • QUESTIONS
Dial 2078 for the Centrex Office.

Dialing Instructions - Features - Administrative Offices

Call Forwarding

  • To have all your incoming calls ring at another telephone on campus, listen for a dial tone, dial 110, dial 4-digit number, listen for a stutter dial tone, announce call forward if someone answers, hang up.
To cancel call forwarding, listen for a dial tone, dial 111, listen for a stutter dial tone, hang up.

Call Pickup

  • To answer a ringing telephone in your office from an idle telephone, listen for a dial tone, dial 116, begin conversation.
  • Note:   A call pickup group must be established with all the numbers within an office prior to it working.  Contact the Centrex Office for more information.

Three-Way Conversation (to add a third party to an existing call)
Depress flash button (or switch hook), dial third party, depress flash button (or switch hook) to bring first party on line again, begin conversation.

Transferring Calls

  • Depress flash button (or switch hook), dial the 4-digit number, announce the transfer call, hang up.

Dialing Instructions - Residence Halls

Administrative Lines

  • Dial 9 + 7-digit number.

Dorm Lines

  • Dial the 4-digit number.

Local Calls

  • Dial 9 + 7-digit number.

Long-distance, directory assistance and international calls must be made with a toll-free number through a long-distance provider.

Operator Assisted (collect or 3rd number calls)

  • Dial 9 + 0

Toll-Free

  • Dial 9 + 1 + 800 + 7-digit number.

Note:   The University provides local telephone service with call waiting and caller ID to the residence halls.   No additional features or services may be activated on the telephone lines.   It is the responsibility of each student to make arrangements for long-distance service with a provider of their choice.   Call-around plans (10-10-XXX) are prohibited from all campus phones.