Three New Telephone Prefixes for UW Campuses

This summer, UW Bothell got its own telephone prefix (352), as did UW Tacoma (692), and UW Seattle got a new prefix (221) to be used exclusively for new telephone lines.

Calling a Branch Campus

When calling UW Bothell or UW Tacoma from a campus phone, you may dial the last five digits of the number.

To call UW Bothell (425-352-xxxx) from campus, use 2-xxxx
To call UW Tacoma (253-692-xxxx) from campus, use 2-xxxx
To call either campus from a UW Medical Center phone (with a 548 number), dial 8 + the last five digits (8 + 2-xxxx)

New UW Seattle Prefix 221 Allows for Growth

To allow for continued expansion, a new UW Seattle telephone prefix (221) is being assigned to new phone lines. All campus telephone numbers that begin with the 543, 616, 685, or 934 prefix remain the same.

To call a 221 telephone number:

From any campus phone (Seattle, Bothell, or Tacoma), dial the last five digits of the number (1-xxxx)
From a UW Medical Center phone (with a 548 number), dial 9 + the full seven-digit number (9-221-xxxx)

University of Washington Computing & Communications
Windows on Computing, No. 20, Autumn 1997
newsltr@cac.washington.edu