Information Technology : Conference Calls

Main Campus

Health Science Campus

To make a conference or Three-Way Call

From a Single Line, Panasonic or a Cortelco Phone:

Call the first party:

• Flash the switch hook once
• Listen for the special dial tone
• Dial the number of the third party
• When they answer announce the three-way call
• Flash the switch hook again
• All three parties are now connected

From a Dterm Phone:

Call the first party:

• Press the transfer key
• Dial the number of the third party
• When they answer announce the three-way call
• Press the Conf Key
• All three parties are now connected

To make a conference call (allows up to 8 parties to a conversation):

Call the first party:

• Press FLASH
• Dial next number
• Press CONF or FLASH *4 to connect to each party

To reconnect with conference if call is busy or not answered:

• Press CNCT

Teleconference Services

For either campus if you would like to use our teleconference service, please contact Pam Imbery via email at pam.imbery@utoledo.edu or by calling 6012 from the Health Science Campus or 68-6012 from Main Campus for more information. You will be billed for this service and you will need to provide a department account number. Click here to link to Telecommunications Forms Page - fill out the Conference Call Account Form.

You will receive your Buckeye Teleconferencing Account information directly from Buckeye Telesystems. Once you have an established account you may continue using it for subsequent Conference Calls but keep in mind that the carrier will DEACTIVATE any account is not used in 6 months time.