Tom Ary talks about the replacement of the outdated telephone system at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, his recommendation of the SL1 telephone system, features of the system, long distance telephone call billings, touch phones, features which will speed up everyday calling, planning to make the cut over to the new system during the upcoming Christmas break, the installation of the SL1 providing the university with its own exchange, prefix 474, and the 479 exchange experiencing greatly improved service since they will not be competing with university employees to make and receive calls.