Students and Long Distance Calls

Kenyon College does not offer long distance service to students from their residence hall rooms. With the increasing popularity of cell phones, very few students used their room phones to call long distance. Further, Kenyon's call pricing is no longer competitive—it is cheaper to use a cell phone, a calling card, or a pre-paid card.

What options are there for students for making long distance calls from their room?

• Cell phones can be used in the room. Verizon and AT&T/Cingular have the strongest signals in this area, with towers nearby.
• Pre-paid phone calling cards can be purchased through one of the major phone service providers. The Kenyon Bookstore also has $10 pre-paid cards. In every case, these are less expensive than the long distance services Kenyon can offer.
• Students will still be able to call 800 numbers from their room phone.
• Students may place collect calls to outside numbers but should not accept collect calls in residence rooms except in the case of an emergency. All collect calls accepted will be assessed a $10.00 handling fee per call. All those students listed at that specific PBX number will be responsible for any and all collect-call charges accepted.

For questions or concerns, contact Bev Actis, telecommunications coordinator, at 740-427-5703 or actisb@kenyon.edu .