Placing Telephone Calls

These instructions apply if you are using a phone on campus.

Within the Campus:
Dial the four-digit extension.

Halifax Metro Area:
Dial 9 and then the seven digit number.

Aliant Operator:
Dial 9 and 0.

Local Directory Assistance:
Dial 9 and 411
A CHARGE WILL APPLY.

Long Distance Directory Assistance
Dial 9, 1, the area code and 555-1212
A CHARGE WILL APPLY.

Long Distance:
Dial 9, 1, the area code and number.
Overseas calls do not require the "1".

If you dial 9 and 1 and get a busy signal, your telephone has been restricted from placing calls to which long distance charges apply.

Collect Calls:
In order to make a collect call, dial 9, 0, the area code and number. Saint Mary's does not receive collect calls. Please advise your friends and family.

Employee Long Distance Policy

Personal long distance calls are not to be charged to the University's accounts. Such calls are permitted only if charges are reversed (collect call) or to a third-party number (your home number or calling card).

Should long distance business calls be necessary while travelling or at home, these calls should be charged either to your hotel room, your home phone number or a University-issued Aliant calling card. The employee will subsequently be reimbursed through an expense report (substantiated by a copy of the telephone bill or hotel bill). Charging these calls as a third party to the University is NOT acceptable.

This page last modified Friday, 27-May-2011 15:04:00 ADT