Wednesday, December 22, 2010

White Pages will no longer be delivered automatically - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The PSC’s decision is a compromise to AT&T’s requestg that it no longerr deliver the phone booksto AT&T Florida told the PSC that eliminatiny the automatic distribution of the residential white pagex is “an environmentally green endeavor and a cost savin measure” and that providinf a paper copy of the directory is “am inefficient use of resources in these touch economicf times.” But commissioners also were worried aboutt how it might impact customers’ ability to accesa information, said PSC Spokeswoman Kirsten Olsen.
Instead of doing away with the rule commissioners agreed to give it atrial run, durinyg which time it will gather customer “Today’s decision allows the PSC to assese the practicality of discontinuing printed residentialk directory delivery, while continuing to provide directoriesw to customers who want a copy,” PSC Chairmam Matthew M. Carter II said in a medisa release. As part of the agreement, AT&Tr must put a toll-free number on the covedr of the Yellow Pages that directs people to call if they want aWhite Pages. The directory will still be providee for free to those whorequest it.
AT&g Florida would not disclose just how much moneyu the waiverwill save, citing confidentiality, according to its requesyt to the PSC. AT&T Florids already has begun a programn to provide its Yellow Pages and residentiao listingson CD-ROM in certaimn areas of Florida.

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