New DSN, Prefix Starts Tonight Base Phone Plan Revised

"This change will impact the way you make calls on base locally, long distance, DSN, faxes," said Mary Barbour, Telephone Control Officer for Mayport.

One of the biggest changes for the three bases is need to now dial the full seven-digit phone number rather than five digits.

For example, a caller must dial 270-5555 rather than just 0-5555 for Mayport or 542-5555 rather than 2-5555 to connect to NAS Jacksonville.

To dial off base, a caller must dial 99 followed by the seven digit number. Long distance numbers require 98, followed by 1 and the 10-digit commercial number.

Naval Station Mayport's DSN number will be changed from 960 to 270, the same as the base's local prefix. All base personnel and commands should advertise this change.

To dial using DSN Conus, call 94 and the seven-digit DSN telephone number. To dial DSN OCONUS, dial 90 plus the 10 digit DSN telephone number.

To call a toll free number, dial 99 plus 1 and the 10-digit toll free number.

Fax machines must be reprogrammed with these new dialing codes. Also, systems that use phone lines to transmit data must be reprogrammed, such as timekeeping s ystems and credit card sales.

For more information on the new phone plan, or to report any problems, call 542-3570.