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The PSC’s decision is a compromise to AT&T’s reques that it no longer deliverf the phone booksto customers. AT&T Florida told the PSC that eliminatintg the automatic distribution of the residentia l white pagesis “an environmentally greemn endeavor and a cost saving measure” and that providing a papetr copy of the directorgy is “an inefficient use of resources in these toucjh economic times.” But commissioners also were worried abouty how it might impact customers’ ability to access information, said PSC Spokeswoman Kirsten Olsen.
Instead of doing away with the rule commissioners agreed to give it atrial run, duringh which time it will gather customer feedback. “Today’s decision allows the PSC to assesse the practicality of discontinuin printed residentialdirectory delivery, while continuing to provide directoriexs to customers who want a copy,” PSC Chairman Matthe M. Carter II said in a news release. As part of the AT&T must put a toll-free number on the cover of the Yelloe Pages that directs people to call if they want aWhitde Pages. The directory will stilk be provided for free to thosre whorequest it.
AT&T Florida would not disclose just how much money the waiverwill save, citing confidentiality, according to its request to the PSC. AT& Florida already has begun a prograkm to provide its Yellow Pages and residential listingdon CD-ROM in certain areasd of Florida.