The end of the White Pages?
The Canadian Press: AT&T looks to deliver White Pages online, save millions in waste:
AT&T Inc. said Friday it wants to try delivering its White Pages online rather than on front porches, noting the effort could save about two million kilograms of paper per year in two North Carolina test cities.
The San Antonio-based telecommunications provider petitioned the North Carolina Utilities Commission on Friday to allow the company to test the web-based phone listings in Raleigh and Charlotte. Under the proposal, customers will still get the Yellow Pages - which AT&T says remains a much-used tool - and can request to get a hard copy or a CD-ROM of the residential White Pages.
In the US, the utility phone company is required to publish residential and business phone listings.
However, times are changing, and with the rise in cell phones, internet services such as skype and competitive local phone services such as cable and power companies, the white pages just aren’t what they used to be.
It makes total sense to move to a standardized online directory for phone numbers that the owner of the phone number could decide whether or not the number is published.
For example, I want my buusiness number published, but I certainly don’t want my cell phone number in public view.
If we band together, we could do away with the printed white pages in just a few years.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not advocating the demise of the Yellow Pages. The content in there is far more unique, valuable and necessary than the line listings in the white pages.
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