Verizon Telephone Service for Students
WIRED RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
To order residential phone service for your dorm room, call Verizon at 800-837-4966 (800-Verizon) or visit www.verizon.com. Verizon suggests service order placement approximately two weeks before service is needed. Be advised that installation delays are possible. The College will facilitate Verizon's access to campus telephone wiring after a student has ordered residential phone service from Verizon. Please use the street address and installation contact information below when placing your order:
STREET ADDRESSES FOR DORMITORY BUILDINGS
Verizon will ask you for the street address of the dormitory building where you will be living.
| Building | Address | Special Notes | |
| Appleton | 19 | Quadrangle | 1 |
| Chapman | 233 | So Pleasant St | 2 |
| Charles Drew | 56 | College St | 1, 3 |
| Charles Pratt | 35 | Quadrangle | 1, 3 |
| Cohan | 42 | College St | 1 |
| Coolidge | 7 | Merrill Science Rd | 1 |
| Crossett | 21 | East Dr | 1 |
| Davis | 15 | Merrill Science Rd | 1 |
| Garman | 62 | Boltwood Ave | 1 |
| Hamilton | 32 | College St | 1, 3 |
| Hitchcock | 101 | So Pleasant St | 1, 3 |
| Humphries | 62 | Snell St | 1 |
| James | 43 | Quadrangle | 1, 3 |
| Jenkins | 5 | East Dr | 1 |
| King | 12 | Merrill Science Dr | 1 |
| Leland | 37 | Spring St | 1 |
| Marsh | 81 | Lessey | 2 |
| Mayo-Smith | 19 | Northampton Rd | 1, 3 |
| Moore | 85 | College St | 1 |
| Morris Pratt | 11 | Noah Webser Cir | 1, 3 |
| Morrow | 21 | Noah Webster Cir | 1, 3 |
| Newport | 32 | Northampton Rd | 1 |
| North | 7 | Quadrangle | 1 |
| Plaza | 16 | Merrill Science Dr | 1 |
| Plimpton | 82 | Lessey | 2 |
| Pond | 8 | Barrett Hill Rd | 1 |
| Porter | 46 | Boltwood Ave | 1, 3 |
| Seelye | 129 | So Pleasant St | 1, 3 |
| Seligman | 67 | Northampton Rd | 4 |
| South | 15 | Quadrangle | 1 |
| Stearns | 39 | Quadrangle | 1, 3 |
| Stone | 29 | East Dr | 1 |
| Taplin | 139 | College St | 1 |
| Tyler | 35 | Tyler Plc | 2 |
| Valentine | 59 | College St | 1 |
| Waldorf | 18 | Merrill Science Dr | 1 |
| Wieland | 10 | Merrill Science Dr | 1 |
| Williston | 3 | Quadrangle | 1 |
INSTALLATION CONTACT INFORMATION
Verizon should ask where and when they can access telephone wiring for your building. Even if they don't ask, please provide the following information:
Amherst College Telecommunications and Networking
Converse Hall Room B-1B
(413) 542-2410
Monday through Friday, 8am to 4:30pm
Special Note 1: If Verizon should ask, telephone lines will be installed in Converse Hall, and access will be provided after their technician signs in at Converse Hall Room B-1B
Special Note 2: If Verizon should ask, telephone lines will be installed in your building, and access will be provided after their technician signs in at Converse Hall Room B-1B
Special Note 3: Students must also call Telecom office at 542-2410. Explanation: In response to the marked decrease in Verizon residential phone subscriptions (45 in 2005-06, 23 in 2006-07, 12 in 2007-08, 5 in 2008-09, 6 in 2009-10 and just 1 in 2010-11 and 2011-12), the College is no longer installing telephone jacks in dormitory rooms. The new IT wiring standard consists of two data jacks per student and one cable TV outlet per room. Only the left data jack (labeled “L”) will be connected to the campus network. The right data jack (labeled “R”) is reserved for future data use, but it can be adapted for telephone if students order residential phone service from Verizon.
Special Note 4: Wired phone service is not available. There are no phone wires in this building.