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Getting Settled / Community Resources

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Telecommunications

Contact your department administrator to set up your voicemail and telephone directory listing. If there is no contact person assigned to your department, or for customer service, you can reach telecommunications at:

University-wide

Harvard University Telecommunications Customer Service http://uis.harvard.edu/departmental_telecom/contact_us.php

  • Routine inquiries: Call the main Customer Service line at 495-8590. After hours, you can leave a voice mail message.
  • Request repair service for phone lines or equipment: Call 495-4900. (From the Longwood campus, call 432-4242.)
  • (Voice mail questions and problems: Call 495-8255.
  • Billing inquiries: Call 495-5457. (From the Longwood campus, call 432-1509.)
  • Directory staff: Call 496-0972.
  • Cable and wiring projects: Call Engineering and Maintenance at 495-3217.

Longwood Medical Area

Vanderbilt Hall Room 105, 107 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts 02115,
Telephone 617-432-1507.

Telecommunication Companies

AT&T 1-800-222 0300
Verizon 1-800-870-9999
Comcast 1-800-COMCAST
RCN cable 1-800-746 4726

Telephone Cards

RNK Telecom (PIN access required): Call anywhere in USA from MA, NH, RI
Purchase two-1000 minutes prepaid telephone cards for $10 at Outings & Innings

Cell Phones & Wireless Service Plans

CellularLD™: Discounted rates for international long distance calls and domestic directory assistance calls from your cell phone or land line. Sign up today by entering the code MSe7dd into the promotion code field.

Mass Buying Power (PIN access required): Digital & Nextel Phones

TravelCell: Discounted short-term and long-term rates for over 200 countries worldwide: SingleCell, GlobalCell and Satellite phones.

UIS - Personal Verizon Wireless Service (PIN access required): UIS Telecommunications extends discounts on many Verizon Wireless personal service plans, equipment and accessories.

 

Utilities

Utilities at Harvard University

http://www.uos.harvard.edu/campus_services/uti_chi.shtml

Utilities Companies

Keyspan Gas 617-469-2300
NSTAR Electric 1-800-592-2000
Boston Water and Sewer Commission 617-989-7000

Post Offices

Cambridge campus

Harvard Square: 125 Mount Auburn Street, 617-876-6483
Central Square: 770 Massachusetts Avenue, 617-876-0620
Inman Square: 1311 Cambridge Street, 617-864-4262
Porter Square: 1953 Massachusetts Avenue, 617-876-6295

Longwood Medical Area

Mission Hill: 1575 Tremont St., 617-566-1049
Kenmore Square: 11 Deerfield St., Boston, MA, 617-437-6066