Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sun, 16 Jun 91 20:41:51 GMT From: Bob Sherman Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Does a National Phonebook Exist? Message-ID: Organization: Not much! Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 463, Message 4 of 5 Lines: 19 In Wally Kramer writes: > Is there a ``phonebook'' which covers everywhere in the U.S.? > Electronic, CD-ROM, 900-FIND-THEM :-) or whatever (even paper). > I'd like to track down some college buddies, but I don't have clue as > to what city some of them are in. There is a national phonebook of sorts available on Compuserve. You can get it by "go phonefile". It is a subset of the metromail service, and is quite watered down from the original product, but should serve the purpose you mention providing your buddies have listed numbers. bsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu | MCI MAIL:BSHERMAN