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Call Waiting for Students
Posted: 10: 37 AM, Monday, February 10, 2003
Last Updated: 10:10 AM, Monday, July 26, 2004

Call Waiting service is unavailable in the Aston, West End, Dakota, or Pennsylvania House.

Answering Call Waiting
  1. Listen for a burst tone or the call waiting tone
  2. Depress the switch-hook momentarily, release, then listen for the dial tone
  3. Press the "*" key and then the "4" key
  4. The first call will be on a temporary hold.
For Cordless Phone Users: Substitute the "flash" button for the "switch-hook"

Retrieving the First Call on Hold
  1. Depress the switch-hook momentarily, release, and then listen for the dial tone.
  2. Press the "*" key and then the "4" key
  3. If the first call is not retrieved and is still on-line, then the telephone system will ring back your line as if you were receiving a normal phone call
For Cordless Phone Users: Substitute the "flash" button for the "switch-hook"

The University does not guarantee that a non-university telephone will work with our system. If your telephone does not work properly, go to your Community Facilitator (CF) and they will provide you with a University Telephone.


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