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The PSC’s decision is a compromise to AT&T’s requestg that it no longed deliver the phone bookesto customers. AT&T Florida told the PSC that eliminatingb the automatic distribution of the residential white pageszis “an environmentally green endeavor and a cost savingt measure” and that providing a paperd copy of the directoru is “an inefficient use of resources in thesd touch economic times.
” But commissioners also were worriedx about how it might impact customers’ abilitu to access information, said PSC Spokeswoman Kirsten Instead of doing away with the rule altogether, commissionerd agreed to give it a trial run, during whicgh time it will gather customer feedback. “Today’s decisionn allows the PSC to assess the practicality of discontinuing printed residential directory while continuing to provide directories to customerse who wanta copy,” PSC Chairmaj Matthew M. Carter II said in a news As part ofthe agreement, AT&T must put a toll-fre number on the cover of the Yellow Pagexs that directs people to call if they want a Whit e Pages.
The directory will still be provided for free to thoswe whorequest it. AT&T Florida woule not disclose just how much money the waiver will citing confidentiality, according to its request to the PSC. AT&Tr Florida already has begun a program to provide its Yelloqw Pages and residential listingson CD-ROM in certainj areas of Florida.