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Re: Phones in the residence halls
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Laura Rickard)
Wed Feb 10 14:10:37 2016
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We had a VoIP implementation starting in 2007, so I am not sure of how IT
and Residential Life worked through the details of phasing out the old land
lines in dorm rooms, but we stopped issuing phones in student rooms shortly
thereafter.
We only issue VoIP phones to employees, student resident assistants, or
other students who need or request them in the residence halls. This is
similar to what Frank had stated - any student requests are usually
prompted by parents, and the rest are happily using their cell phones.
We have also found that the old analog lines are more expensive to
maintain. The "blue" emergency phones are still analog, however, and the
occasional fax machine.
- Laura
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On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 1:50 PM, Kimberly Doss-Cortes <kim.doss@menlo.edu>
wrote:
> Cell phones are precisely why we provide no phone lines in student rooms.
> We
> do have on-campus staff/faculty housing. We provide VoIP phones in those
> residences that are just like the ones we provide in our offices. I have
> never had a student complaint. Since I=E2=80=99m the one who configures, =
deploys
> and
> supports the VoIP system on campus, I=E2=80=99m sure I would have heard i=
f the
> students were upset about this.
>
> Kim Doss
> Help Desk Supervisor
> (650) 543-3840
>
>
> From: Resnet Forum [mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Henry
> Joseph
> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 7:47 PM
> To: RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: Phones in the residence halls
>
> I fixed that permission error. Thank you for the detailed reply Frank.
> That is great information and that was 3 years ago so I would think even
> more students have cell phones these days and wouldn't miss the wired
> phones
> in the rooms.
>
> Thank you,
> *Henry Joseph <mailto:henry.joseph@stonybrook.edu> | Stony Brook
> University*
> Assistant Director | U.I.S.- Campus Residences
> Division of Information Technology
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:22 PM, Frank Sweetser <fs@wpi.edu> wrote:
> I'm getting a permission denied error from that survey, but I'm happy to
> share here in email =3D)
>
> We re-evaluated our residential phone situation three years ago, as a
> result
> of planning a high density wireless refresh. Our telecom guys looked at
> utilization stats, and found them to be only a few percent - and almost a=
ll
> of that was our residential advisers who are required to have a phone as
> part of their job. In the end, we decided that students would rather hav=
e
> WiFi than dial tone, and re-purposed the phone lines as in-room APs.
>
> In the end, it's worked out quite well. We haven't received a single
> complaint about lack of POTS lines, and people are a lot happier with the
> wireless. We have since put up a new "higher end" dorm (apartment style
> housing) with no analog lines at all. (Anecdotally, for many years now
> we've had a lot more people asking why that last ethernet port doesn't
> work,
> than we've had people asking what their phone number is.)
>
> There were a few key points that helped it go smoothly for us:
>
> - We gave Residential Services plenty of heads up, so they'd be prepared
> to
> handle questions from parents.
>
> - We already had a strong IP phone deployment in place.
>
> - Residential Advisers who had to have land line phones were issued basi=
c
> model IP phones. We did this because a good portion of the students that
> did have land lines only did so because they were forced to by their
> parents.
>
> - We were prepared to offer students IP phones at a nominal rental fee,
> but
> we've had zero requests. They're all happy to just stick with their cell
> phones.
>
> - No buildings were split configuration - once we started in on a
> building,
> we ensured that all in-room analog lines were taken out of service.
>
> - Out of service jacks were removed or stuffed into the electrical box,
> and
> replaced with a blank plate. We wanted to make sure we didn't leave behi=
nd
> any jack locations that no longer had service available.
>
> - We made sure that there were wall mounted phones available on every
> residential floor (either POTS or IP depending on what was easier) to
> account for the few students without cell phones, and for emergency calls=
.
>
> Obviously the final decision will depend on other factors, like the usage
> patterns of your own student population and quality of cell services, but
> given cell phone population and the cost of copper I'd highly recommend
> seriously looking at ditching the analog lines.
>
> Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution
> that
> Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong.
> Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken
>
> On 2/9/2016 9:52 PM, Henry Joseph wrote:
> Hello RESNET,
>
> I am reaching out to you all today not for technical assistance, but just
> information on what progress has been made with traditional phone service
> in
> your residence halls. Does your University still provide phone service a=
nd
> would you add it to new buildings going forward? Please take a few secon=
ds
> and reply using the survey link below. I can share the final list with
> anyone
> who might benefit from this information.
>
> Phones in the residence halls survey(3 questions)
>
> https://docs.google.com/a/stonybrook.edu/forms/d/1_cLK7ILpP2_NRMs4sVtRkEf=
CR3rZTNjVJGhjMDMaVQk/viewform
>
> The reason I am asking this is that Stony Brook University is building a
> new residence hall today and we're curious to see if we really need to
> place
> phones in all the rooms.
>
> Thank you,
> *Henry Joseph <mailto:henry.joseph@stonybrook.edu> | Stony Brook
> University*
> Assistant Director | U.I.S.- Campus Residences
> Division of Information Technology
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>We had a VoIP implementation starting in 2007, so I a=
m not sure of how IT and Residential Life worked through the details of pha=
sing out the old land lines in dorm rooms, but we stopped issuing phones in=
student rooms shortly thereafter.<br><br>We only issue VoIP phones to empl=
oyees, student resident assistants, or other students who need or request t=
hem in the residence halls. This is similar to what Frank had stated - any =
student requests are usually prompted by parents, and the rest are happily =
using their cell phones.<br><br>We have also found that the old analog line=
s are more expensive to maintain. The "blue" emergency phones are=
still analog, however, and the occasional fax machine.<br><br></div>- Laur=
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an><br><span style=3D"font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Technica=
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<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 1:50 PM, Kimberly Do=
ss-Cortes <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:kim.doss@menlo.edu" targe=
t=3D"_blank">kim.doss@menlo.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">Cell phones are precisely why we provide no phone lines in st=
udent rooms. We<br>
do have on-campus staff/faculty housing. We provide VoIP phones in those<br=
>
residences that are just like the ones we provide in our offices. I have<br=
>
never had a student complaint. Since I=E2=80=99m the one who configures, de=
ploys and<br>
supports the VoIP system on campus, I=E2=80=99m sure I would have heard if =
the<br>
students were upset about this.<br>
<br>
Kim Doss<br>
Help Desk Supervisor<br>
<a href=3D"tel:%28650%29%20543-3840" value=3D"+16505433840">(650) 543-3840<=
/a><br>
<br>
<br>
From: Resnet Forum [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU">RESN=
ET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU</a>] On Behalf Of Henry<br>
Joseph<br>
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 7:47 PM<br>
To: <a href=3D"mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU">RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU</a=
><br>
Subject: Re: Phones in the residence halls<br>
<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
I fixed that permission error.=C2=A0 Thank you for the detailed reply Frank=
.<br>
That is great information and that was 3 years ago so I would think even<br=
>
more students have cell phones these days and wouldn't miss the wired p=
hones<br>
in the rooms.<br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
*Henry Joseph <mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:henry.joseph@stonybrook.edu">hen=
ry.joseph@stonybrook.edu</a>> | Stony Brook University*<br>
Assistant Director | U.I.S.- Campus Residences<br>
Division of Information Technology<br>
<br>
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:22 PM, Frank Sweetser <<a href=3D"mailto:fs@wp=
i.edu">fs@wpi.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
I'm getting a permission denied error from that survey, but I'm hap=
py to<br>
share here in email =3D)<br>
<br>
We re-evaluated our residential phone situation three years ago, as a resul=
t<br>
of planning a high density wireless refresh.=C2=A0 Our telecom guys looked =
at<br>
utilization stats, and found them to be only a few percent - and almost all=
<br>
of that was our residential advisers who are required to have a phone as<br=
>
part of their job.=C2=A0 In the end, we decided that students would rather =
have<br>
WiFi than dial tone, and re-purposed the phone lines as in-room APs.<br>
<br>
In the end, it's worked out quite well.=C2=A0 We haven't received a=
single<br>
complaint about lack of POTS lines, and people are a lot happier with the<b=
r>
wireless.=C2=A0 We have since put up a new "higher end" dorm (apa=
rtment style<br>
housing) with no analog lines at all.=C2=A0 (Anecdotally, for many years no=
w<br>
we've had a lot more people asking why that last ethernet port doesn=
9;t work,<br>
than we've had people asking what their phone number is.)<br>
<br>
There were a few key points that helped it go smoothly for us:<br>
<br>
=C2=A0- We gave Residential Services plenty of heads up, so they'd be p=
repared to<br>
handle questions from parents.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0- We already had a strong IP phone deployment in place.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0- Residential Advisers who had to have land line phones were issued b=
asic<br>
model IP phones.=C2=A0 We did this because a good portion of the students t=
hat<br>
did have land lines only did so because they were forced to by their<br>
parents.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0- We were prepared to offer students IP phones at a nominal rental fe=
e, but<br>
we've had zero requests.=C2=A0 They're all happy to just stick with=
their cell<br>
phones.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0- No buildings were split configuration - once we started in on a bui=
lding,<br>
we ensured that all in-room analog lines were taken out of service.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0- Out of service jacks were removed or stuffed into the electrical bo=
x, and<br>
replaced with a blank plate.=C2=A0 We wanted to make sure we didn't lea=
ve behind<br>
any jack locations that no longer had service available.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0- We made sure that there were wall mounted phones available on every=
<br>
residential floor (either POTS or IP depending on what was easier) to<br>
account for the few students without cell phones, and for emergency calls.<=
br>
<br>
Obviously the final decision will depend on other factors, like the usage<b=
r>
patterns of your own student population and quality of cell services, but<b=
r>
given cell phone population and the cost of copper I'd highly recommend=
<br>
seriously looking at ditching the analog lines.<br>
<br>
Frank Sweetser fs at <a href=3D"http://wpi.edu" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=
=3D"_blank">wpi.edu</a>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 |=C2=A0 For every problem, there is a =
solution<br>
that<br>
Manager of Network Operations=C2=A0 =C2=A0|=C2=A0 is simple, elegant, and w=
rong.<br>
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0-=
HL Mencken<br>
<br>
On 2/9/2016 9:52 PM, Henry Joseph wrote:<br>
Hello RESNET,<br>
<br>
I am reaching out to you all today not for technical assistance, but just<b=
r>
information on what progress has been made with traditional phone service i=
n<br>
your residence halls.=C2=A0 Does your University still provide phone servic=
e and<br>
would you add it to new buildings going forward?=C2=A0 Please take a few se=
conds<br>
and reply using the survey link below.=C2=A0 I can share the final list wit=
h<br>
anyone<br>
who might benefit from this information.<br>
<br>
Phones in the residence halls survey(3 questions)<br>
<a href=3D"https://docs.google.com/a/stonybrook.edu/forms/d/1_cLK7ILpP2_NRM=
s4sVtRkEfCR3rZTNjVJGhjMDMaVQk/viewform" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank=
">https://docs.google.com/a/stonybrook.edu/forms/d/1_cLK7ILpP2_NRMs4sVtRkEf=
CR3rZTNjVJGhjMDMaVQk/viewform</a><br>
<br>
The reason I am asking this is that Stony Brook University is building a<br=
>
new residence hall today and we're curious to see if we really need to =
place<br>
phones in all the rooms.<br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
*Henry Joseph <mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:henry.joseph@stonybrook.edu">hen=
ry.joseph@stonybrook.edu</a>> | Stony Brook University*<br>
Assistant Director | U.I.S.- Campus Residences<br>
Division of Information Technology<br>
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