Did the phone companies read my question on Fluther?

It has long been in the works.

It has been an issue for a while.

Okay, i was totally unaware of this. thanks for enlightning me.

I still use my phone book all the time… just sayin’. Ah, well, so it goes.

It’s been a long time coming. You just caught on (:

I think it’s just another example of forcing people into consuming products they don’t want to own. I use my phone books and I recycle them for a variety of art projects. Phone books are very recyclable.

@john65pennington It’s a sign of being in the digital age. I haven’t heard of it being suggested in Australia, yet, but no doubt phone books here will become obsolete, too. Just like the public phone box that used to be everywhere before cellphones.