| (Q) Do I have phone service in my residence hall room? |
| (R) Yes, each residence hall room comes with one phone line. Just plug in your phone and you have access to call out for local calls. |
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| (Q) How do I call the Operator? |
| (R) If you need basic information for campus you can call the campus operator by dialing “0” from any campus phone, if you are calling from off campus dial 601-266-1000. We also have an online directory for your convenience to look up faculty staff numbers. |
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| (Q) How do I make calls from a campus phone? |
(R) If you are calling an on campus number all you need to dial is the last 5 digits of the phone number (6-xxxx). If you are calling off campus you will need to dial 9+601+xxx-xxxx. You will have access to call locally within a 55 mile radius of Hattiesburg. Please hyperlink to the area call list |
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| (Q) How do I make long distance phone calls from a campus phone? |
(R) To place a long distance call you will need to either call collect or use a calling card. You will dail 9 to get off campus and either:
- Dail "0" to connect to an operator to place a collect call, or
- Follow the instructions on the calling card.
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| (Q) Why does my phone number register on Caller ID? |
| (R) In order to provide E-911 information to the Emergency Management District, E-911 operators and our campus police department, the university now releases outgoing Caller ID information. This means that if you place a call from the Hattiesburg campus to an off-campus number and the party you have reached has a Caller ID box, they will see the number from which you are calling. To block your Caller ID information from being released, dial 770 then 9 and the number that you are trying to reach. Please note this new service has been a combined effort of the Office of the President, the University Police, and iTech in order to ensure a higher level of security for the campus community. |
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| (Q) What phone features do I have, and how do I use them? |
| (R) All residence hall room phones come with area calling, auto callback, call transfer (on campus only), call waiting, conference calls (up to 6 callers), hold, voicemail, call forwarding/cancel, redial, and send all calls to voicemail. |
