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I checked my email a dozen times just to be sure but the room phone fee is finally being made optional so we actually pulled it off. Honestly I am kind of shocked that it worked out this quickly because saving that money is going to be a huge help …

January 28, 2012

Tell the Department of Housing to Establish an Opt-out Option for Residence Room Phones!

Tell the Department of Housing to Establish an Opt-out Option for Residence Room Phones!

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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 8 months ago
The Department of Housing automatically charges every residence student approximately $242.00/year for room phones, regardless if the service is used or not. Unlike other services such as the CUSA Health Plan, students are NOT given the option to opt-out of this service and receive their money back. RRRA believes this is unfair because the majority of students who live in residence do not use their room phones and it is unfair to charge them nearly $250.00 for a service they don't use. That's money that could be used to buy a textbook or two! We understand that there are students who take advantage of this service and it is not our intention to eliminate phones from every room in residence. We simply want to give students the option to opt-out if they feel they will not take advantage of their room phones. If you believe that room phones should have an opt-out option, sign this petition! We will submit this petition to the Department of Housing in hopes that an opt-out option can be created. Let your voice be heard! $250.00 is a lot of money that shouldn't be put to waste. Please direct any questions or concerns to: Omar Bainto - Vice President Administration 613-520-2600 x.1457 [email protected] or Dorothy Anuseh - Vice President Programming 613-520-2600 x.1788 [email protected]


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Updates

November 17, 2011

I was looking at my own budget today and realized just how much that two hundred bucks could cover for food or books so it really hits home why this needs to change. The housing office has been quiet so far but I am still plugging away at getting us a sit down meeting to talk about this directly. It is kind of wild that we are still being forced to pay for tech that is just collecting dust in the corner of our rooms.

November 17, 2011

Seeing this grow so fast honestly makes me wonder why they ever thought forced phone fees were okay in the first place. It feels like everyone is finally realizing that two hundred dollars is way too much to lose on a plastic brick sitting unplugged in the corner of a dorm room.

Reached 100 supporters

November 17, 2011

6 Comments

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Emily Huang
14 years ago Featured

Total scam. Give us our money back!!!!

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Jason Verma
14 years ago Featured

i havent touched the phone once since moving in. why are we forced to pay for this service?

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Mark Greer
14 years ago Featured

$250 is way too much for a phone i havent even plugged in. let us opt out already.

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Jessica Abbott
14 years ago Featured

Need that cash for textbooks. Housing is just taking advantage of students at this point.

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David Sandoval
14 years ago Featured

Ridiculous that this is still a mandatory fee in 2016. Nobody in my hall uses the room phone.

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Sarah Sutton
14 years ago Featured

who even uses landlines anymore?? serious waste of money when we have cell phones.

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