WSU uses Cisco VOIP phones. To get a phone users must contact FulmerIT and make a request for a new phone line. If there is no active phone or data line in a faculty office Chemistry will provide the first phone free of charge. Chemistry will also fund 1 VOIP line activation and 1 data port activation for labs or student offices that do not have existing live ports.
Otherwise users must purchase a phone from ITS. (Note: In certain situations IT can setup a traditional analog phone line for faculty and labs.) All phones must be bought from WSU’s ITS. Generally this will cost up around $500 per phone.
Inactive Data ports can be activated at a cost of $295 per port (Fulmer Hall only) and can be configured for either VOIP (phone), Data (single device), or Uplink (requires a network switch, then can support multiple devices).
