[394] in Resnet-Forum
Telephone service to students
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Doemel, Dir. Comp. Serv.)
Fri Oct 21 10:10:22 1994
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 08:59:09 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bill Doemel, Dir. Comp. Serv." <DOEMELB@WABASH.EDU>
To: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
We are now in an RFP process with three telephone vendors--AT&T, Rolm and
Northern Telecommunications--for a new phone switch and extension of
phones to dormitories. We have asked in our RFP for vendors to provide a
system that enables us to assign a permanent phone number to every
student and faculty member (here permanent means that they will retain
that same number so long as they are associated with the college, just as
they retain their username on the computer). Two of the three vendors
have met that challenge (ROLM and AT&T) and we understand that Northern
Telecommunications will be able to support that service in the next
release of their software. We also asked that students be able to
associate their number with a phone so if they move during the semester,
they will be able to reassociate their number with a different phone. One
vendor has met that challenge the other two expressed scepticism that it
could be done by any vendor in a secure manner.
I am interested in knowing if any of you have implemented such a
permanent phone number for a user that is independent of a phone
instrument and if any of you have thought about or implemented
self-administering schemes that would allow users to move their number to
different phones.
I would also be interested in those of you that are using any of the
three vendors for your phone services.
Thanks.
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Bill Doemel Phone: (317) 364-4311
Director, Computer Services FAX: (317) 364-4295
Wabash College E-mail: Doemelb@wabash.edu
PO Box 352
Crawfordsville, IN 47933
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