Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Phonebook Distribution Message-ID: Date: 1 Sep 89 04:56:28 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 37 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 341, message 1 of 8 In article , WMartin@wsmr-simtel20. army.mil (William G. Martin) writes: > Is a residential telephone customer entitled to one set of books per > household, one set per instrument, or one set per line into that residence? > Is a business customer entitled to one set per line, one per instrument, to > as many as they ask for without limit, or to what they ask for up to some > cutoff based on their usage? Or are they charged for each set of books > separately? > [...] > (I'm sure this will vary with the individual BOC, so if you post a > response, identify the BOC involved.) To cover the Bay Area requires something like twelve "sets" of directories. On a map, the local calling areas look like a bunch of overlapping circles. To call one number in a directory from another number in that same directory could be a toll call, while calling a number in another directory could be local. Picture a triangle consisting of San Francisco to the northwest, Oakland to the north, and San Jose to the south. Each of these major cities has a "directory" consisting of a white pages and two yellow pages (A-M, N-Z). Between these cities is wall to wall suburbia, with areas that have single-volume directories. You are entitled (business or residence) to as many directories as you need, and they will deliver them to you, for your "local" area. However, you must order them. When the new directories are issued, they automatically deliver one set to each residence or business. I have ten residence lines, and every year one lone set shows up on my doorstep. For directories in the greater area, you pay a nominal charge. Interestingly, DA out of the area code but within the LATA is free! Remember, telco is charging businesses big bucks for yellow pages advertising, so if it is to be effective, those books have to be delivered to users! John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !