Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Doomed by technology

Apparently, those hefty "white pages" phone books with home telephone numbers are falling victim to technology.

According to a report in the AJC,
AT&T Georgia has asked the state Public Service Commission for permission to stop delivering residential “white pages” to its customers, calling it a “substantial hardship” for the company that is no longer necessary.
And East Point is part of a pilot program to phase out the books, which had been automatically delivered annually. If the state agency gives the go ahead, the next delivery later this year will be scrapped. (But if you like the books, a customer just needs to ask for it.)

For the story about the demise of the white pages, here you go.