Is the phone book old fashioned?
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Is the phone book old fashioned?

Posted October 28th, 2009 by debritz

Have phone books had their day? Copies of the Yellow Pages are stacking up everywhere, it seems, because people now do their searching on the internet. I discussed this and other burning issue with Spencer Howson and Susan Hetherington on the 612ABC breakfast show. The audio is here.

I would never pick up a

I would never pick up a phone book in this day and age. Everything is so easy to access via the internet I really can think of very few people who might need a phone book.

Posted by hank (not verified) on October 28, 2009 - 21:57
Maybe, but online phone

Maybe, but online phone books remain infuriatingly illogical.

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 29, 2009 - 07:56
You're right there. I'd
You're right there. I'd love to see Google get its hands on the White Pages database. It'd do a much better job of making it searchable.
Posted by debritz on October 29, 2009 - 07:58
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