Do you still want a paper phone book?

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The White Pages phone book no longer matters in most households. The latest sign of its shrunken role is a tentative deal in Missouri that would let AT&T stop automatic delivery to homes and businesses on the Missouri side of the Kansas City and St. Louis areas. Customers could still request a directory, but only a small fraction are expected to do so.

Delivery of AT&T's Yellow Pages would not be affected, and there is no plan to stop automatic delivery in Kansas.

Last year AT&T stopped automatic delivery of the phone book in Atlanta, with the promise of giving one to any customer who still wanted it. By April, only 1 percent of its customers had asked for one.

Do you still want a paper phone book?

Chrissy Wunderlich

No.
Travis Wilson

No
Hugo Trejo

No. I would not be in the small percentage that would request a phone book. This is part of the revolution. Everything is going digital and a phone book is something that you can easily find its content on the web. Also, this would help the environment on being a little bit more green friendly by not using as much paper as before.
Mandy Trei
Maybe. Don't forget that a lot of people with landlines are unlisted.
Josh Thomas

Yes. I use the Yellow Pages quite often. The pages come in very handy for helping me start the charcoal grill up.
Mike Silverman

No. I don't really have the need for a paper phone book anymore since everything is online for free and is much more up-to-date then the phone book. But I think they still need to offer printed phone books as an option for folks who are not as well-connected as I am.
Shelby Seymour
No.
Kadi Schantz

No. They are a huge waste of paper, if you ask me. You can find all of that information online.
Rachel Okimi

No.
Christopher OConnor

No. Aside from providing a boost to short people learning to drive, there is no cause for a phone book any more. Seems irresponsible in the new green economy.
Will Moulthrop

No. I haven't used a phone book since Al Gore invented the Internet.
Alexander Morales

No. Sadly, this is another tool that has lost its overall value and need, especially in comparison to the faster search tools give to us by technology.

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