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University Daily Kansan, September 17, 1982
System raises telephone rates
By STEVE CUSICK Staff Reporter
Officials at the University of Kansas thought they were getting a bargain five years ago when they made an agreement with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. for a new, more advanced campus phone system.
What they got instead was a 7.5 percent rate increase when the system began operating last December, said Dewey Allaire, the associate director of business management in facilities operations.
And now officials are scrambling to cut University phone costs. They have announced many phone lines, and they are giving them a long-distance phone bill, officials said.
In 1977, Alaille said, the University agreed to the new system in the hope that it would shave 10 percent to 12 percent from the cost of the old system.
Rates for the new system, called Centrix II, were actually lower than the rates for the old Centrix I system when the agreement was made, Allaire said.
SINCE 1977, Southwestern Bell has asked for a series of increases in the rates for the new system, Alaire said, because the University is now paying the price.
Southwestern Bell has asked for a 16 percent increase this year. The Kansas Corporation Commission will hear the request in January.
'It's certainly extremely disapointing. You get the savings
them afforded.' Allan
A spokesman for Southwestern Bell said University officials still had a better deal with the new system despite the 7.5 percent rate increase.
George Chaffee, district staff manager for Southwestern Bell, said, "The savings are more than what they would've realized if they would have stayed with the old Centrex system.
"I think they'd agree that they have a better system."
The Centrex II provides for total electronic switching. The switching for the old system was done electronically and mechanically.
THE NEW SYSTEM also has more features, such as conference calling and messaging.
Alaire said he agreed that the new system was better but said the added cost might outweigh the added features.
University administrators two years ago considered discontinuing the agreement before the 1985 expiration date. But such a move would have cost the University several hundred thousand dollars. Alaire said.
When the agreement expires, KU probably will move toward a communication system that can be owned, not serviced by the University, he said.
Such a system could pay for itself within seven years, Allaure said, especially if phone rates continue to increase at the present rate.
"I think that in about three years our costs would be less than the rates of the prices in 1987."
Any future communications system at KU probably will include much more than telephones, Allaire said, because they are already made in telecommunications fields.
"Telecommunications is just exploding with all kinds of technology," he said.
"Our idea is how we can provide the best service to the University," he said. "We hope to reduce telecommunications costs."
would be appointed to help chart the University's telecommunications future.
In addition to the rate increase from the system switch, the University also had to absorb a 14.5 percent increase in phone costs last March, Allaire said.
KU's phone bill for April was $173,821, said Ben Tillman, assistant comproiler at KU. And the July bill of approximately $189 jump over the July 1961 bill of $125,035.
Those increases, coupled with cuts in the University budget, have sent officials searching for ways to cut the phone bill.
PATRICK HURLEY, state secretary of administration, has asked all state agencies to look for ways to cut their phone bills. The University must file reports in October and March on the steps it has taken.
Many of the departments in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have cut the number of their phone lines in half, officials said.
WILLIAM HOGAN, associate executive vice chancellor, said a committee
Some offices are changing to one line with several extensions, Allaire said.
Officials also have passed up installing touch-tone phones, one of the Centre II features, because of the added expense. Alaire said. He said those phones had about a dollar more a month than the conventional dial phones.
KU Hillel will mark new year
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, begins at sunset tonight, and one local group has planned a dinner and services for the weekend.
Hillel will have a dinner at 5 p.m. today at the Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Drive. The dinner will be open to anyone who wants to attend, said Ellen Kort. Hillel adviser.
"It will be packed tomorrow," Kort said. "Rosh Hashana is probably the second most important holiday, next to Yom Kippur."
Sunday evening begins a 10-day period of reflection that culminates with Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Torah, at sundown September 28.
Kort said she expected 250 of the 1,000 Jewish students at the University of Kansas to attend the services.
Most Jewish students will go home for the weekend, she said.
Kort said the dinner would include some traditional foods.
"We will have apples and honey to remind people to have a sweet year," she said.
Services will be held at the following times at the Jewish Community Center, m.p. today, toorrow, m.p. tomorrow and toorrow, m.p. tomorrow and 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
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Winterized home lowers bills
Although the days are warm, this is the time to start preparing homes for winter weather, a Lawrence energy consultant said recently.
Hal Jensen, consultant for the Lawrence division of Kansas Power & Light, said there were several things students could do to keep their homes warm and their heating bills down this winter.
"Cauling around the windows is inexpensive and it's something a tenant can afford."
Jensen said renters also should consider installing weather stripping around doors and windows.
“OF COURSE, controlling the thermostat is important. A setting at 68 degrees during the day and 64 or 65 degrees night is recommended.” Jensen said.
Jensen suggested that residents turn the thermostat to the lower setting.
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HE SAID several energy-saving workshops were sponsored locally to give inexperienced do-it-yourself residents tips on what they could do to insulate and secure their homes for winter.
Jensen said another program offered by the company was insulation. Contractors work through KP & L on the insulation program.
"I'd definitely recommend attending these," Jensen said. "Most of the projects are simple to do, but people come home to show them how to do them."
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