How to Get Old-Fashioned Phone Books??

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Norris Taylor - 28 Jun 2004 14:47 GMT

How do cell phone customers get phone books (on paper)?

I live in a region where the "main" supplier is SBC. I have called the
"automatic" numbers to order phone books and they cut me off when I
put in my phone number - for not being a customer. I got a live person
at SBC who said they do not provide phone books to cell phone
customers who live in the area - then she added that maybe I could get
them from a chamber of commerce.

I just want my old regular white and yellow pages. I'd even be willing
to pay a "reasonable" fee for them maybe five dollars or so. I can't
even look up the commercial phone book companies in my yellow pages
because I don't have any yellow pages to look up "phone books". <sigh>

Thanks for your support.

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Joseph - 28 Jun 2004 17:46 GMT

>How do cell phone customers get phone books (on paper)?
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>customers who live in the area - then she added that maybe I could get
>them from a chamber of commerce.

I live in the northwest where Qworst is the ILEC. Since May they've
been delivering the white and yellow pages. Often the delivery people
will leave a whole pile outside a business or an apartment building.
I just go get one of each. It's not as if the people in the buildings
are out as if they feel they are shorted all they have to do is call
the directory people and they'll send out new directories for them.
Even when I had regular wireline service I'd get an extra directory
for the car if I found a big pile of directories.

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Cyrus Afzali - 28 Jun 2004 18:40 GMT

>>How do cell phone customers get phone books (on paper)?
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>Even when I had regular wireline service I'd get an extra directory
>for the car if I found a big pile of directories.

If that doesn't work, check and see if YellowBook or another telco
competitor delivers its product in your area. You won't get white
pages that way, but since their source of revenue is the ads they sell
in the book, they should be happy to get you a copy of their yellow
pages.

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Joseph - 29 Jun 2004 00:49 GMT

>If that doesn't work, check and see if YellowBook or another telco
>competitor delivers its product in your area. You won't get white
>pages that way, but since their source of revenue is the ads they sell
>in the book, they should be happy to get you a copy of their yellow
>pages.

I've found the competing yellow page directories are never as good as
directories provided by the ILEC. Also I use white pages more than I
do yellow pages.

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DevilsPGD - 28 Jun 2004 18:17 GMT

>I just want my old regular white and yellow pages. I'd even be willing
>to pay a "reasonable" fee for them maybe five dollars or so. I can't
>even look up the commercial phone book companies in my yellow pages
>because I don't have any yellow pages to look up "phone books". <sigh>

Ring your neighbours doorbell. Ask them if you can have phone books
shipped to their house, and you'll give them $5 for their trouble.

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Richie - 28 Jun 2004 19:13 GMT

Why bother with phone books? They are all ads anyway.

In the SBC regions, you can access the same information on:
http://smartpages.com/

> How do cell phone customers get phone books (on paper)?
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> Thanks for your support.

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WAW - 28 Jun 2004 19:48 GMT

Ours is just dropped off in front of the building every 6 months to a
year. They also drop them off every time someone moves in to a vacant
unit. I believe it's a third party that does that, though. Perhaps
their information is in one of the books your neighbor has?

> How do cell phone customers get phone books (on paper)?
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> Thanks for your support.

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