There are no current plans by the company to discontinue the free, printed directories, Smith said, calling the phone directory a “valued product” that 78 percent of consumers still use. The very first telephone books were delivered in Little Rock “in about 1929,” Smith said. 19, and distribution will continue through Feb. Yellow Pages directories started being delivered Jan. “The Residential White Pages Consumer Choice Program has been well-received, with requests generally being less than 5 percent,” Smith said. Yellow Pages directories continue to include business white pages listings, government phone numbers, community information, advertising and coupons.ĪT&T has received 72 requests for White Pages directories through mid-week, said Anita Smith, AT&T Arkansas media relations manager. The company cited a decline in directory usage due to a variety of other sources available for finding phone numbers. I throw them away because I can look up any number I need on my cell phone.ĪT&T announced last year that phone directories for Little Rock-area residential listings would be by-order only, though still free, starting this year. “They actually delivered it last year,” said Benetz, whose house hasn’t had a landline in three years, after the family switched to all cell phones. Those listings now must be requested from AT&T. This year will be the first time in 80-plus years that residential listings won’t be in the telephone books delivered annually to every Little Rock-area residence, according to a company spokesman.
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Residents in the Little Rock area are to receive their annual, free delivery of a Yellow Pages telephone directory at their homes by midmonth, but the usual White Pages phone book of residential listings won’t be there.
LITTLE ROCK - There won’t be an AT&T White Pages telephone directory delivered at the Pulaski County home of Mike and Robin Benetz this year, not that they’ll miss it.
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