Habitats: Guide to On-Campus Living - Tufts University

Laundry Services – Mac-Gray Corporation of Waltham, MA is the on-campus service
provider of self-service laundry equipment for Tufts students in university residences. The
laundry areas feature Maytag Neptune front-loading energy efficient washers and Maytag
dryers. Laundry machines accept JumboCash or cash. The JumboCash cost for a wash is
$1.25 and $1.50 if using quarters. The same costs apply to the dryers. Students may add
extra dry time for $0.25 per 12 minutes. The use of any coin other than a quarter is strictly
prohibited and can damage the machines. Tufts Students may use LaundryView, an online
monitoring system which enables you to check machine availability and status from any
place with internet access. Students must be logged on into the Tufts network to access the
Tufts portion of LaundryView.com. You can also use LaundryView.com to report a problem
with equipment.
Both Vending Machine and Laundry Services are managed for Tufts by the Department of
Dining and Business Services. Please contact this office directly at 617-627-3566 with any
questions or concerns.
Network Connectivity – The University provides a wired high-speed Internet connection
for each resident in the halls. All residence halls and many academic buildings, common
areas, libraries, and some outdoor areas, such as the uphill residential quad, are set up as
Wi-Fi networked areas. For the most up-to-date information, go to the wireless location
map at: http://www.tufts.edu/home/maps/medford/?p=wireless. Residents are instructed to
refrain from setting up personally owned wireless access points since they compromise the
security of Tufts computing systems and frequently generate signal interference with established
Wi-Fi locations. Extending the network using hubs, routers, switches, or wireless
access points is in violation of the Responsible Use Policy. Violations of this policy will
result in removal from the network.
For more information about on campus use of personal computers or computing support,
please visit the Tufts Online website at http://student.support.tufts.edu.
Telephone Service – Telephone service is available in each residence hall room. There is
no charge for on-campus residential telephone service, which includes one touch-tone
phone line per room, voicemail (with a private mailbox for each resident), call waiting, and
unlimited campus and local calls in the Eastern Massachusetts area which covers all calls to
area codes 617, 508, 781, and 978 (and the corresponding overlay codes 857, 774, 339, and
351). Calls to toll free numbers are also included. Long distance calls, including Western
Massachusetts, domestic, and international long distance may be placed from on-campus
residential telephones using a long distance calling card.
For detailed information and instructions regarding on-campus residential telephone and
voicemail service, please refer to the following website at: http://uit.tufts.edu/voiceservices.
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