On the pages that follow you will find information on a variety of subjects pertaining to life at the University of California's Washington Center and living in Washington DC. The goal is to inform you about what to expect while living and working in Washington and alleviate some of the concerns that you might have.

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Residential Telephones
Local telephone service is provided as part of the rent. There is one active phone line in each bedroom to be shared with your roommate. You will need to bring your own telephone and answering machine from home. Long distance phone calls will need to be made with a calling card. Public telephones are available for your use on the first floor. You are welcome to bring your own cellular phone, however, you will need a local phone number for any food deliveries.

Each bedroom has two telephone and data port wall plates. Each wall plate has three outlets (2 telephone and 1 data). A unique identifying number that consists of the suite number and bedroom/wall suffix identifies each wall plate. To find the live telephone outlet, locate the wall plate in your bedroom with a bedroom/wall suffix ending in ‘2’. For instance, in suite 908 you would look for the wall plate 908 A-2 or 908 B-2

Note: The network jack is live to ALL outlet plates. There is telephone service available on outlets with a bedroom/wall suffix ending in ‘2’.
To hook-up your telephone:

1. Plug your telephone into the top voice jack in the outlet.
2. Lift the receiver to verify that you have dial tone. If you are getting dial tone, you can verify your number by dialing 8-1-1. An automated voice will tell you the number of your telephone.
3. If you have problems with your telephone dial tone, you can report these for service via the Maintenance Request form available at the Security Desk in the Lobby or the Residential Life Office on the 4th floor.

All but local calling is restricted on this telephone line:
If you wish to make a long distance call, you can either call collect or use a telephone calling card.

Use the last 4 digits to dial anywhere inside the building:
To call within the building, don’t use ‘9’ but dial the last four digits of your telephone number (for example use 1212 for 202-587-1212).

Dial ‘9’ to get an outside line:
To call outside the building (local, collect, 800 or calling card), dial ‘9’ and then the number. Be sure to include a ‘1’ after the ‘9’ for all long distance or 800 calls.

Troubleshooting Tips:
• If the top voice jack does not work, try plugging your telephone into the middle jack, also a voice jack.
• Some models of cordless telephone do not work with the building’s residential telephone service. If you encounter this problem, try switching to a corded telephone.    <<<