Local Service

Central Oklahoma Telephone Co. provides local exchange telephone service to customers in Agra, Davenport, Kendrick, Sparks, and Tryon in Lincoln County and Boley and Castle in Okfuskee County in rural central Oklahoma. Central Oklahoma Telephone Co. offers a wide variety of calling features and services.

• Basic Service
  
• Basic Custom Calling Features
  
• CLASS Calling Features
  
• Features Bundle
  
• Voice Mail
  
• Maintenance Plan
  
• Statement of Nondiscrimination
  

Basic Service

• Residential
  
  • Single-Party Private Line With Touch Dial Service ... $11.50/mo.
    
  • Installation Charge ... $12.50
    
  • Deposit ... Minimum of $100
  
  
• Business
  
  • Single-Party Private Line With Touch Dial Service ... $17.00/mo.
    
  • Trunk Hunting Charge for Multi-Line Service ... $4.25/line/mo.
    
  • Installation Charge ... $17.50
    
  • Deposit ... Minimum of $150

The above charges are subject to federal interstate access charges; federal and state universal service charges; DHS and Commission assessment fees; and local, state, and federal taxes.

Basic Custom Calling Features

• CALL FORWARD - Now when you are away from your home, your calls can be automatically sent to you. With Call Forward, there is no need to leave messages about where you are or reveal any forwarding numbers. - $1.50/month
  
  
• CALL FORWARD ON BUSY - Now calls can be forwarded to another number if you are already on another call. - $1.50/month
  
  
• CALL FORWARD DON'T ANSWER - Now calls can be forwarded if you are away or simply don't answer the phone. - $1.50/month
  
  
• CALL WAITING - Now while talking on the phone you won't miss another call. With Call Waiting, a special tone alerts you to an incoming call when you are on the phone; the caller hears only a normal ring. You can place your current call on temporary hold and answer the new call. - $1.50/month
  
  
• THREE-WAY CALLING - Now you can make your plans in one call, rather than three or four. With Three-Way Calling, you can get everybody on the phone at the same time. - $1.50/month
  
  
• SPEED CALLING - Now you can reach those you call frequently, whether locally or long-distance, by dialing only one or two digits. With Speed Calling, you program your phone to dial a complete number in response to a one- or two-digit code dialed by you. It's especially useful for emergency assistance numbers, when time is critical. You can select either a short list of eight numbers or a long list of 30 numbers. - $1.50/month
  
  
• TEEN SERVICE - Now you know who the call is for before you answer the phone. With Teen Service, you can have two telephone numbers assigned to the same line. Each number has a distinctive ring, so you can assign a number solely to the children, or you can assign a separate number to your home business and one to the family. - $1.50/month
  
  
• WARM LINE - Now there's a way to ensure the safety of you loved ones in emergency situations. When injury or panic makes it difficult to dial an emergency number, Warm Line makes sure that they - your children, parents, or a sick relative - easily reach someone who can help. Just 30 seconds after taking the phone off the hook, a predesignated number is automatically dialed. For regular calls, you just pick up the phone and dial any telephone number within 30 seconds. - $1.50/month
  
  
• RING AGAIN - Now when you're tired of constantly dialing numbers that stay busy, you can let Ring Again do the work for you. With this feature, your phone can monitor a busy line for up to 30 minutes and alert you with a distinctive ring the moment the line is free. You can even place or answer calls while the busy line is being monitored. - $1.50/month
  
  
• CALL TRANSFER - Now with Call Transfer, you can transfer a call to another person or add a third party to an existing conversation. - $1.50/month
  

Adding any of the above features will result in a $5.00 feature activation fee.

For more information or to place an order please call our business office at 918-377-2241 or 1-800-252-8854.

CLASS Calling Features

• CALLER ID - Lets you see the caller's telephone number before you answer the phone. Caller ID requires the purchase of a special phone or display unit to let you see the caller's number. Display units or phones can be purchased at our business office. Prices start at $7.95 for display units. - $4.00/month
  
  
• CALLER ID WITH NAME - Same features as above with the name of the caller added. - $6.00/month
  
  
• CALLER ID BLOCKING [*67] - Prevents your phone number from being displayed to the person you are calling. The number is replaced by a "P" or "Private" on the called party's display unit. - No Charge
  
  
• AUTOMATIC RECALL [*69] - Redials your last caller even if you couldn't answer in time. - $2.50/month
  
  
• AUTOMATIC CALLBACK [*66] - Keeps redialing busy numbers and tells you when the line is free. - $2.50/month
  
  
• SELECTIVE CALL FORWARDING [*63] - Lets you forward preselected incoming calls. - $2.50/month
  
  
• SELECTIVE CALL ACCEPTANCE [*64] - Gives you control over which calls you'll take. - $2.50/month
  
  
• SELECTIVE CALL REJECTION [*60] - Blocks unwanted calls from disturbing you. - $2.50/month
  
  
• DISTINCTIVE RINGING/CALL WAITING [*61] - Announces important callers with a special ring. - $2.50/month
  
  
• CUSTOMER-ORIGINATED TRACE [*57] - Gives you peace of mind about nuisance calls. Use it anytime you receive a harassing call. - $2.00/month & $5.00 per successful trace
  
  
• ANONYMOUS CALL REJECTION [*77] - Allows you to block any calls made to your phone when the calling party has blocked the number from being sent out. - $2.50/month
  
  
• CALLER ID ON CALL WAITING - Lets you see who is calling while you are on another call. Requires Call Waiting and Caller ID or Caller ID With Name features and a compatible caller ID/call waiting display or phone. - $1.00/month
  

Adding any of the above features will result in a $5.00 feature activation fee.

For more information or to place an order please call our business office at 918-377-2241 or 1-800-252-8854.

Features Bundle

Basic Bundle: 7 for $7.95

• Call Waiting/Cancel Call Waiting
• Three-Way Calling
• Call Forwarding
• Call ID Name
• Call ID Number
• Short Speed Call (8)
• Anonymous Call Rejection

Expanded Bundle: 15 for $15.95

• Call Waiting/Cancel Call Waiting
• Three-Way Calling
• Call Forwarding
• Call ID Name
• Call ID Number
• Short Speed Call (8)
• Anonymous Call Rejection
• Call Waiting Call ID
• Distinctive Ring /Call Waiting
• Basic Voice Mail
• Automatic Recall
• Automatic Callback
• Selective Call Acceptance
• Selective Call Rejection
• Call Transfer

Voice Mail

Did you know that your phone has the potential to take accurate messages while you are away from the phone... even while you're on the phone? It's true ... with voice mail from Central Oklahoma Telephone Company. Voice mail requires no extra equipment and you can retrieve your messages from any touch-tone phone. Voice mail costs just pennies a day and even works when the electricity goes out.

Unleash your telephone's hidden potential with voice mail. Call us today and ask for voice mail!

Standard Features:

• Personalized Greeting: You can create a personal greeting for callers who reach your voice mailbox. Voice mail plays your personal greeting before recording the caller's message.
• User's Tutorial: The tutorial is activated automatically the first time you log into your mailbox. The tutorial is designed to familiarize you with the system and to walk you through the process of setting up your mailbox.
• Time-Date Stamp: The time-date stamp identifies the time and date each message was received in your voice mailbox.
• Prompt Override: You can choose to override voice prompts by choosing the required voice mail option at any time.
• PIN Security: Personal Identification Numbers ensure security. Your voice mailbox cannot be accessed without the correct PIN number at any time.
• Message Waiting Signal: When you access your mailbox, a distinct stutter dial tone is played to indicate that you have new messages. When you delete your new messages, the normal dial tone is restored.
• Multi-User Access: If you have more than one voice mailbox, you can check all of your messages by accessing the check-in number.

Pricing:
Basic Voice Mail: $3.95/month

• Incoming messages can be up to thirty seconds in length.
• Ten messages can be stored at one time.
• Unplayed messages can be stored for up to one week.
• Saved messages can be stored for one week before they are automatically deleted.
• Includes "message waiting" signal on your telephone.
  

Deluxe Voice Mail: $5.95/month

• Incoming messages can be up to sixty seconds in length.
• Twenty messages can be stored at one time.
• Unplayed messages can be stored for up to two weeks.
• Saved messages can be stored for two weeks before they are automatically deleted.
• Includes "message waiting" signal on your telephone.
• Includes up to four individual mailboxes for family members.
• Includes message notification to your pager or cell phone.
  

10 Reasons Why You Should Get Voice Mail Today

1. Voice mail requires no special equipment or connections in your home.
2. Your voice mailbox is pass code protected. The messages in your mailbox cannot be accessed without a valid pass code.
3. Every message you receive is automatically recorded with a time and date stamp.
4. You can access your voice mailbox using any touch-tone phone... anytime, anywhere.
5. Messages can be left in your mailbox while you are on the phone.
6. Voice mail can activate another phone and/or pager to notify you of urgent messages.
7. You can selectively save or discard messages in your voice mailbox.
8. Your callers can review their messages before leaving them.
9. The voice quality of voice mail is the best.
10. You will eliminate wasted paper messages with voice mail.
    
    Download a Voice Mail instruction guide or quick key pad guide.

Voice Mail User Guides

• VM User Guide - Single Box
• VM User Guide - Basic Web Portal


• Audio Help Files
• Record Your Name
• Record First Greeting
• Record Second Greeting
• Rerecord Greeting
• Set Date/Time
• Change Your Password
• Change Outdial
• Change Language
• Change Daily Notification
• Change Automatic Login
• Send a Message
• Reply to a Message
• Listen to Saved Messages
• Forward a Message

Maintenance Plan

For a small monthly fee, this plan allows Central Oklahoma Telephone Co. to repair or replace any non-working wiring or jacks at no additional charge, provided the wiring and the jacks were up to company standards when you requested the plan. The plan also provides for a loaner phone in the event that your phone is not working. This phone is provided without cost for 45 days. At that time, if the phone has not been returned to us, either by mail or in person, your account will be charged with the current cost of the phone. Billing for the maintenance plan is in advance upon our receipt of a signed maintenance plan card.

The Customer Maintenance Plan Cost is $2.00/month for residential accounts and $2.50/month for business accounts.

Statement of Nondiscrimination
Central Oklahoma Telephone Co. is the recipient of Federal financial assistance from the Rural Electrification Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and is subject to the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which provide that no person in the United States on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, age, or handicap shall be excluded from the participation in, admission or access to, denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any of the organization's programs or activities.