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aepple
, 05-24-2010 at 06:07 AM (8113 Views)
Ok... who still uses phonebooks, who still flips the pages looking for last names in alphabetical order.

I can't remember the last time i looked in a phone book for information... yes the INTERNET took over.

I remember a time when i looked in a phonebook for everything... now i just speak-it into my cell phone.

I guess the tree huggers a happy.

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Only about one of every nine households uses the hard-copy listings anymore, according to Verizon, which cited a 2008 Gallup survey. Most have switched to looking up numbers online or calling directory assistance. The phone book for many people, it seems, has gone from indispensable tool to unavoidable nuisance.

When residential directories were delivered this year to the Ivy Tower, an apartment building on West 43rd Street in Manhattan, Ramon Almanzar, a concierge, kept 28 copies in case residents wanted them. Not a single occupant of the 320-unit building claimed one
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Verizon Asks to End White Pages for All in N.Y. - NYTimes.com

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  1. ecocellz.com's Avatar
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    internet is everything today.

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