Telecommunications
Telecommunications provides administrative and voice support services for both of Ontario Tech's locations (north Oshawa and downtown Oshawa) and student residences.
Contact the IT Service Desk or call 905.721.3333, option 1 to request the following support:
Students
- Issues with student residence phone.
Faculty and staff
- Installing a new phone.
- Removing an unneeded phone.
- Requesting a phone extension.
- Requesting an extension name change.
- Requesting voicemail.
- Fixing an existing phone line.
- Ordering a mobile device.
Please note that if you are moving or requesting a new phone, your extension can usually move with you but the phones do not. Phones are pre-programmed with their office location in case of an emergency and this feature will not work properly if they are removed from their designated location. You will receive a phone at your new location.
Teleconferencing
Teleconferencing services are available for faculty and staff conducting university business. In order to access this service, a department/faculty must contact the IT Service Desk to request that an account be created. Once the account is set up, an email will be forwarded with teleconferencing details and instructions.
Staff phone directory
Telecommunications maintains the campus phone directory for all faculty and staff and updates it as required. Any changes to your name, phone extension, office location or department should be forwarded to directory@dc-ot.ca.
Setting up or changing voicemail options
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Access to your new call pilot mailbox
- Dial 5000 or press the message key (if present on your phone).
- Enter your voicemail box number (e.g. 5555).
- Enter your password plus a prefix of 1 (your password will be the same as your voice mailbox number, e.g. 15555).
- The system will prompt you to change your password (a minimum of 5 digits is required).
- The commands for creating greetings, etc. remain the same.
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Change your password
- Press message or dial 5000.
- Enter your voicemail box number + #, and password +#.
- Enter 84.
- Enter previous password + #.
- Enter the new password (5 digits please) + #.
- Enter the new password again + # (to verify).
- Enter 83 (Goodbye).
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Record a greeting
- Press message or dial 5000.
- Enter your voicemail box number + #, and password + #.
- Enter 82.
- Select an option: 1 is external, 2 is internal, 3 is Temporary Absence Greeting.
- Enter 5 to record, press # when finished.
- Enter 2 to listen to the greeting.
- Enter 76 to erase the greeting.
- Enter 83 to end or enter 4 to return to messages.
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Verify personal information
- Press message or dial 5000.
- Enter your voicemal box number + #, and password + # and enter 82.
- Enter 9 for personal verification.
- Enter 5 after the tone record your name + #.
- Enter 2 to play name or enter 76 to erase name.
- Enter 83 to end or 82 to return to greeting.
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Forward a message
- At the end of the message enter 73.
- Enter the destination mailbox number + # + #.
- Enter 5 and record introduction + #.
- Enter 79 to send or 76 to erase (from your mailbox).
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Log in from an outside phone
- Call 905.721.8668.
- When voicemail answers, press 1.
- When prompted to enter an extension, press 5000 and #.
- Enter your mail box number and press #.
- Enter your password and press #.
