There will be an upgrade to all the phones in the residence halls taking place this summer. After piloting the use of VOIP phones in several residence halls last academic year, the decision was made to install these phones in every residence. These phones are identical to the Cisco VOIP phones in the offices and departments around campus. One main feature that students gave positive feedback on was a calendar of events that is accessible from the display on the IP phone; they really appreciated this avenue of communication about events/activities around campus. Another feature these phones have is to be able to alert students of an emergency through the emergency alert system. If there is an emergency alert, there will be a message sent out and displayed on each phone. The emergency alert system is the same that is used for the emergency text alert (for more information on this feature, please visit the Spring newsletter http://www.unco.edu/it/ITNewsletters/Spring2009.pdf ). This summer IT is installing approximately 1,250 additional phones; one per suite. In addition to the physical installation of these phones, IT is performing a series of upgrades on the different components of the phone system this summer. Cisco’s latest version of VOIP not only provides the latest features of functionality but also simplifies the compatibility of the different components that make up a campus VOIP system.
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