Busy signals not acceptable

Tufts should be ashamed at the decision to completely shut off dorm phones for students who chose not to use Paetec's phone service. Last year, if people chose not to connect with Paetec's service, they still had a dial tone on their dorm phone to make some on-campus extension calls. This year, however, those who did not connect with Paetec had their dorm phones completely shut off.

This move is extremely dangerous as well as generally uncivil. Regardless of people's decision to connect with Paetec, it is of the utmost importance to be able to dial the extensions for the Tufts Police, Residential Life, Residential Facilities, Student Services, and Residential Assistants; all students should have the fundamental right to contact these essential services from their dorm rooms.

Given the problem that students are using Tufts' phone service less and less, the administration should not have punished those who chose alternate services, but should have attacked the other end of the issue, making the Tufts service better and more affordable. While it is reassuring to see that this is the last year Tufts will use Paetec's services, this future change does not account for the current state of disrepair.



Greg Binstock

LA '0