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Communication Services


Placing Calls


Calls Billed
To Your Home
To bill calls to your home or personal account, dial 8 plus 0 and the seven-digit local or ten-digit long distance number. When you hear the computer tone, enter your personal calling card ID as instructed by your service carrier.


Campus To dial another person on campus, listen for the dial tone, then dial 3 plus the four-digit phone number.


Collect Calls To place a collect or operator-assisted call, dial 8 plus 0 and the seven-digit local or ten-digit long distance number. When you hear the computer tone, dial 0 for operator assistance.


Directory
Assistance
Telephone information is available by dialing 8, plus 411 for the local 323 area code and by dialing 8, 1, the area code and 555-1212 for all other areas. Information calls are charged to the caller’s reporting unit. The cost for 411 is $.46 for the immediate calling area and $.95 for local toll calls. The cost for 555-1212 long distance directory assistance is $1.99 per call.


International  To place international calls, dial 8, plus 011 and the telephone number, followed by the # symbol. Dialing the # symbol at the end of the telephone number will speed the call overseas.


Local To place calls within the 323 area code, dial 8 plus the seven-digit telephone number.


Local Distance To place calls to other domestic area codes, dial 8, plus 1, the area code, and the seven-digit number.


Operator  For local operator assistance, dial 8 plus 0. For long distance operator assistance, dial 8 plus 00.


Telegrams Call Western Union, 8 + 1 800 325-6000, and request the telegram be billed to your office telephone number