Discount calling cards, e-mail and free Internet telephone services like Dialpad.com are transforming communications, too.
"I use Dialpad because it's free and I'm cheap," says Katherine A. McEnaney '03. "I'm not going to spend money for long distance if I don't have to. I actually forgot my PAC number months and months and months ago."
With all the options out there, usage of Harvard's long distance calling system is declining.
The system is based on the concept of breaking even while recovering from students the millions used for the 1990 rewiring of student dorms.
UIS charges a surcharge on its long distance rates intended to pay for the cost of the 1990 rewiring.
Kinchla says as long distance use declines, the callers who continue to use Harvard's system may have to pay higher fees.
The University rejected one other option for covering the rewiring cost--charging a flat fee on every student's term bill.
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