![]() ![]() 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. 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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