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godgrey Newbie Offline Posts: 3	University of Bristol Sep 5^th, 2005 at 11:57am My daughter is starting at Bristol Uni in Oct and they use the dognbone zone servive at the uni. when dialling her room I have to use an 0870 number. does any one know if there is a geographical code to use TIA
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Reply #1 - Sep 5^th, 2005 at 7:30pm

Can you provide us with some more information?

Do you have the 0870 number (make sure you *** out the last three digits!). Does the room have its own 0870 or is it a system where you dial an 0870 and when that answers, you enter the room/ext number?

DogNBone Zone has been mentioned on here before for other university residencies. Search the forums, enter dog into the search box and change Max Age since last post to something like 3000. Wink

The web address is www.dognbonezone.co.uk

This page gives information on the phone service, along with this page.

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funkymoggy Newbie Offline Posts: 4 UK Gender:	Re: University of Bristol Reply #2 - Oct 9^th, 2005 at 3:11am Bristol use Dog and bone number format 0870 775 5* Hope that helps, and that you can help us oh and you dial direct in - the students can call other students internally 35 or 355*(not sure) (goodness, I am tired - spelt student as studant)
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jrawle Supreme Member Offline Posts: 708 Didcot, Oxfordshire Gender:	Re: University of Bristol Reply #3 - Oct 10^th, 2005 at 11:50am That number's registerd to Energis, and they have only one Bristol number: 0117 981 Try that with all the digits 0 to 9 and then the three-digit extension: 0117 981 0xxx 0117 981 1xxx etc.
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godgrey Newbie Offline Posts: 3	Re: University of Bristol Reply #4 - Oct 10^th, 2005 at 5:28pm I have decided to use Skype - no charge at all
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Reply #5 - Oct 10^th, 2005 at 6:01pm

I've just looked at the Skype site and unless I'm mistaken, UK calls are 1.3p, Shared cost 0845 are 8.1p and Shared cost 0870 are 11.5p, all per minute. I'll try to add the link here http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/rates/all_rates.html?currency=GBP#listing

Apologies if I've looked at the wrong details, so please correct if I've put off people getting free 0870! At least the description of shared cost is revealing. Bill

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Reply #6 - Oct 11^th, 2005 at 2:23pm

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I've just looked at the Skype site and unless I'm mistaken, UK calls are 1.3p, Shared cost 0845 are 8.1p and Shared cost 0870 are 11.5p, all per minute. I'll try to add the link here http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/rates/all_rates.html?currency=GBP#listing

Apologies if I've looked at the wrong details, so please correct if I've put off people getting free 0870! At least the description of shared cost is revealing. Bill

The OP means he/she and his/her daughter will both use Skype to talk directly between two PCs, which is free. No need to use the 0870 number.

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intercity125 Newbie Offline Posts: 17	Re: University of Bristol Reply #7 - Oct 11^th, 2005 at 3:42pm Make sure Uni IT regs allow use of Skype. It's banned at mine (Oxford) and they use an 0870 number for direct calls. However, through the college lodge it's still 01865!
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Reply #8 - Oct 12^th, 2005 at 1:34pm

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Make sure Uni IT regs allow use of Skype.
It's banned at mine (Oxford) and they use an 0870 number for direct calls. However, through the college lodge it's still 01865!

Is it specifically banned by name, or is VoIP banned?

The new "in-room internet" service at Leicester says Skype is "not supported", which is different to not being allowed. I haven't found anyone who can try it for me yet to see if it's actually blocked.

Some of the chat clients that provide a voice option can't easily be blocked by the ISP, although I won't necessarily recommend them as they tend to be Windows-only.

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godgrey Newbie Offline Posts: 3	Re: University of Bristol Reply #9 - Oct 14^th, 2005 at 6:16am Univerity of Bristol recommends Skype!!! http://www.bris.ac.uk/is/services/homeusers/resnet/connect/config/voip.html
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Reply #10 - Oct 15^th, 2005 at 7:22pm

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Univerity of Bristol recommends Skype!!!

http://www.bris.ac.uk/is/services/homeusers/resnet/connect/config/voip.html

The residences network "ResNet" at Bristol seems to be provided by the University's information services. At many universities this is outsourced to the same company providing the phone service, hence the ban on the likes of Skype!

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piratehyde Newbie Offline Posts: 10	Re: University of Bristol Reply #11 - Oct 23^rd, 2005 at 12:22pm I cannot use skype and I tried using 0117 981 0xxx etc but no luck. I'm desperate for an alternative Bristol University 0870 number, thanks.
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Reply #12 - Oct 23^rd, 2005 at 1:29pm

Of the universities we've found numbers for, Dog 'n' Bone Zone seem to have quite a few with geographical numbers allocated to Your Communications. In Bristol they have one prefix: 0117 333.

For Bristol, the internal and the last few digits of the 0870 numbers are the same, are they not? If they are different, it seems as though the geographical is likely to be appended by the internal extension number rather than the last few digits of the 0870, although we can't rule anything out.

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piratehyde Newbie Offline Posts: 10	Re: University of Bristol Reply #13 - Oct 23^rd, 2005 at 1:36pm The last few digits of the internal and 0870 number are the same. So I should try 0117 333 0-9xxx?
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Dave Global Moderator Offline Posts: 9,902 Yorkshire Gender:	Re: University of Bristol Reply #14 - Oct 23^rd, 2005 at 1:45pm Quote: The last few digits of the internal and 0870 number are the same. So I should try 0117 333 0-9xxx? Yes.
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