After CenturyLink, Minnesota’s biggest phone service provider, sought a waiver in 2013, the state Public Utilities Commission decided to revisit the regulation and decide if it should be changed.Īfter a lengthy process and comment period, the commission changed the rule to allow companies to decide whether they want to continue to distribute the white pages to all customers or by request only. Often telephone carriers partner with publishers like DexMedia to produce the listings.Ĭompanies could seek an exemption to the rule. Under previous rules, local telephone carriers were required to distribute printed copies of the white pages directory to all residential customers. “You have more and more people who are finding the electronic version more valuable.” “The books are becoming less and less valuable as people cut the cord, because there are only landline telephone numbers in those books,” said Brent Christensen, president and CEO of the Minnesota Telecom Alliance. Still, as more people get rid of their landline telephones and turn to mobile phones alone, the eventual demise of the white pages seems likely. Some phone companies say they will continue to distribute them because their customers want them as a community resource. Minnesota joins at least 18 other states with so-called “opt in” rules, meaning the traditional directories only need to be distributed if a customer requests one.ĭon’t expect the phone books to disappear quite yet, especially in small towns and rural areas. It allows local service providers to offer telephone directories online only and stop delivering white pages directories to all their residential customers. In Minnesota, the white pages took another step toward oblivion last month when a state rule change took effect. With the prevalence of smartphones and the Internet, using the white pages to look up someone’s phone number may seem obsolete, especially to digital-savvy generations. Please check each listing for accuracy.For some people, the phone books that automatically show up on the doorstep or in the mailbox are relics of the past. NOTE: All listings to the Dex Telephone Directory are the responsibility of each individual department. If you have no changes for this year, you do not need to return a form. Please review all listings for your department and fill out the online form only if you have changes, additions, or deletions. All directory listings are billed under the corresponding listed phone number and respective KFS account number. The monthly charge per listing and per directory is $6.20 for University customers and $6.80 for nonprofit customers. The UA's listings in the main Tucson Dex are also online at: Some white pages listings are also presented alphabetically in the business section. Most Tucson University of Arizona listings appear on pages 98-100 in the current 2019-2020 Tucson Dex directory under the University of Arizona main header. Listing submissions can be submitted to UITS online at: In order to meet the strict publishing guidelines of Dex, please return a copy of your listing changes, additions and deletions between now and August 21, 2020, to UITS Telco Services. Please forward this important announcement to the appropriate person on your staff to coordinate your departmental listing(s). The University has only one opportunity each year to submit listings to Dex for print. We are currently preparing the University of Arizona listings for the business section of the Dex White Pages in the following telephone directories: Tucson, Scottsdale-Paradise Valley, Greater NW Valley, Greater SW Valley and Nogales-Rio Rico.
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