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NEWS							

For more information contact:				December 5, 1995
Toni Lynn Mills, Georgia Tech Communications
404-894-8324     
E-mail: toni.mills@vpea.gatech.edu


		Campus Phone Numbers Change This Month, 
			But New Phones On Hold
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	ATLANTA--In order to minimize the risk of telephone service 
disruption to Georgia Tech customers, the Office of Information Technology 
(OIT) has agreed with the Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) and 
BellSouth to delay the cut-over to the new AT&T switch and changeout of 
proprietary phones (P-phones) until March. However, as planned, all campus 
phone numbers in the 853 exchange will change to 894 this month. 

853 Number Change
	BellSouth will be working December 15, 16, 17 to transition the 
campus to the new 894 extensions.  Beginning Monday, December, 18, all new 
894 numbers should be active.  If for some reason you experience a problem 
with your new number, please call the DOAS service desk at  656-0000.  All 
campus customers with a current 853 number should have been contacted with 
their new 894 number.  If you have not been contacted or if you have 
questions, please contact your departmental phone coordinator or Jennifer 
Cowan at 853-0443 (new number 894-8460).
	For your convenience, remember to change the printed phone number 
on your phone set.
	A taped message will be on the old 853 number telling callers that 
the number has been changed and the caller will be given the new number.
	

New AT&T ISDN Phone Instruments
	BellSouth, DOAS, and AT&T plan to use the time between January and 
March to install the ISDN sets in parallel with the P-phones where possible.  
That will give users time to explore the functionality of the new phone 
so they can come to training with some knowledge of the phone.  The old 
P-phones will be inactive on March 18, 1996 when the 894 numbers move to 
the new central office switch and the 894 numbers will be switched over to 
the AT&T instruments.  The P-phones will be removed shortly after that date.  
An OIT representative will contact users to schedule training.

Schedule of Events
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853 to 894 number change	12/18/95
Installation of AT&T sets	1/1/96 through 3/15/96
Switch change			3/18/96

Training	
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Phone coordinators		2/20/96, 2/21/96
New AT&T ISDN users		2/26/96 through 2/29/96


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MILLS,TONI L. (Information Specialist II, Media Relations) (404) 894-8324
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332-0181 
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