Difference between revisions of "ROLM Phone"
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'''ROLM Phones''' make up the campus-wide phone system. Student phone numbers are 212-853-xxxx. Administration and faculty phone numbers are 212-854-xxxx. Standard ROLM Phone units have free on-campus dialing, voice mail, call forwarding, call waiting, and a one-way speaker phone. | '''ROLM Phones''' make up the campus-wide phone system. Student phone numbers are 212-853-xxxx. Administration and faculty phone numbers are 212-854-xxxx. Standard ROLM Phone units have free on-campus dialing, voice mail, call forwarding, call waiting, and a one-way speaker phone. | ||
| − | Before ROLM, there was [[CENTREX]]. Then, ROLM was installed | + | Before ROLM, there was [[CENTREX]]. Then, ROLM was installed, circa [[1988]]. But of course, as the saying goes, ROLM wasn't built in a day. Initially, the system was a useful medium for connecting members of the campus. However, ROLM phones are now generally unused by students, who opt instead for the many more convenient forms of inter-campus communication such as [[e-mail]], [[instant messaging]], and [[cell phones]]. |
Campus wide phone messages sent to ROLM phones absolutely never contain useful information that cannot be obtained elsewhere quicker and more conveniently. A folded piece of paper tucked under the plastic faceplate is an effective way to hide the annoying red blinking light. | Campus wide phone messages sent to ROLM phones absolutely never contain useful information that cannot be obtained elsewhere quicker and more conveniently. A folded piece of paper tucked under the plastic faceplate is an effective way to hide the annoying red blinking light. | ||
Revision as of 03:22, 28 November 2007
- See also Wikipedia's article about "ROLM".
ROLM Phones make up the campus-wide phone system. Student phone numbers are 212-853-xxxx. Administration and faculty phone numbers are 212-854-xxxx. Standard ROLM Phone units have free on-campus dialing, voice mail, call forwarding, call waiting, and a one-way speaker phone.
Before ROLM, there was CENTREX. Then, ROLM was installed, circa 1988. But of course, as the saying goes, ROLM wasn't built in a day. Initially, the system was a useful medium for connecting members of the campus. However, ROLM phones are now generally unused by students, who opt instead for the many more convenient forms of inter-campus communication such as e-mail, instant messaging, and cell phones.
Campus wide phone messages sent to ROLM phones absolutely never contain useful information that cannot be obtained elsewhere quicker and more conveniently. A folded piece of paper tucked under the plastic faceplate is an effective way to hide the annoying red blinking light.
External links
- Rolm Phone System on the Housing website
- The Decline and Fall of ROLM - Bwog article on ROLM phones
- The Decline and Fall of ROLM - same article as above, but in jpeg format
