Dialing Guide for Internal (on-campus) and External (off-campus) Phone Numbers

Information for how to call other Carleton extensions and how to dial out to external local and long-distance phone numbers

Calling Internal (On-Campus) Extensions

• 4-digit extension: the directory lists the 4-digit extension for Carleton numbers, which can be dialed from any other campus phone

Calling External (Off-Campus) phone numbers

1. Dial 8 - all external calls must start with 8 to get outside line.  
2. If the call is long distance within North America: Dial 1 (the country code for the US and Canada).
3. Dial the 3-digit area code
4. Dial the 7-digit number

If the call is international: Dial 011 followed by the country code.​​ and then phone number

Questions

Why do we dial 8 now instead of 9?

Federal law now requires that 911 can be dialed without the initial 9 (so 911, rather than 9911); we are changing off-campus calls to use 8 to reduce the chance of accidentally dialing 911 when calling an international or off-campus number.