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Old 12-15-2002, 12:32 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Curious.......................

For the bigger citys that have like 2 phone books to complete the phone directory for the city, Why don't they just burn these on a disk for people to use instead of passing out 2 huge whopping heavy phone books that only take up space and such?

I would think it would be cheaper for the phone company to use disk media rather than paper media.

What are your thoughts on this?

Yes I just got some phone books and they are HUGE!!!! 2 of them to complete the directories.

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Old 12-15-2002, 12:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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denver metro has two whopping phone books, and ours is huge too.. i just use online stuff like http://anywho.com ect.

i havnt used a phonebook in.. years
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ya i usally use www.questdex.com

hell of a lot faster for me then thumbing through easy tear pages.
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phone books have two purposes:

1. Saving for no reason at all; i.e. "the phonebooks are in that drawer"

2. Trying to tear in half, unsuccessfully

or you know.. you could recycle them, but thats no fun
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Old 12-15-2002, 12:58 PM   #5 (permalink)
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i think not everyone knows how to use it (i really mean it!)
so it's pretty usefull these books

BTW we've got also a online phonebook!

and i think two big books are not much waste of space!

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Really? not everyone knows how to use a phonebook. ain't no different than using a dictonary.
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Phonebook?????



I can't ever find one lol.....I'll put it where I can remember where it is I say, then forget where that is

I like the CD idea neo, but still a lot of people don't use the computer. Of course in a few years it will be like the car, and more people will have them as not,then the whole country will be online.
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Quote:
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Really? not everyone knows how to use a phonebook. ain't no different than using a dictonary.
yeah dictonary are not easy
no i thought if they just burn the Phonebook on a CD not everyone knows how to use the application!
or even the PC

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Old 12-15-2002, 01:34 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I would think it would be cheaper for the phone company to use disk media rather than paper media.
Yellow pages bring in big $$ for phone book. Lotso ads.
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Old 12-15-2002, 02:46 PM   #10 (permalink)
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All people that use phones do not have PCs.
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