Penn State has contracted with Verizon to provide dial-tone service to each campus apartment/residence hall. All local calling charges and Directory Assistance calls within the 814 area code will be billed and collected monthly against the room telephone number by Verizon. Verizon's bill may also include long-distance charges that they are contracted to collect.
Several calling options are available for students who wish to make long-distance calls from a residence hall phone. Students may use a prepaid calling card or use any long-distance service accessible by dialing a toll-free number.
The following instructions will assist you in placing calls from your room phone:
University Park student telephone numbers begin with 862. Faculty and administrative telephone numbers begin with 863 or 865.
For on-campus calls (862, 863, or 865 numbers), dial only the last five digits of the number. For example, if the number is 863-1212, dial 3-1212.
For off-campus calls to the local area, dial 8 plus the seven-digit number. If the number is 238-1212, dial 8-238-1212. If the number is 867-1212, dial 8-867-1212 (refer to the front pages of the Penn State Student Directory for a listing of University Park local calling areas).
For long distance, using a toll-free access number, dial 8 + 1 + toll free access number and follow instructions provided by the long distance provider. For long distance, using 1010 access numbers, dial 8 + 1010 + long distance carrier access code.
For additional information about placing calls, call the Penn State Call Center at 5-4700, or visit Penn State's Telecommunications and Networking Services "User Guides" at http://tns.its.psu.edu/ on the Web.