You won't believe what I received in mail yesterday.

[SheltieLover]

A phone book. A printed phone book.

Testament to how rare internet service is in red hellhole, TN!

[FarPoint]

1. That is fascinating...

You make a valid point....

[SheltieLover]

5. I was astounded tbh.

[FarPoint]

11. I would be too...

[SheltieLover]

12. I'll bet

[debm55]

2. Did they throw it on the ground, I guess they are small enough now to fit in the mailbox, Do you

Remember the white pages and a separate book for businesses? Then they combined white in front yellow business section in back. Ma Bell hasn't sent me one in ages.

[SheltieLover]

7. No. Put right in mailbox!

I think that's probably illegal, but, hey, laws don't mean anything in red hellhole states.

Chicago also had a commercial yellow pages for businesses.

[Old Crank]

28. mail boxes are for USPS mail only

So yes it is illegal.
But the delivery person may not know nor who ever gave them the books to deliver.
If you wanted you could contact the Post Office and they might have a talk with them.

The ones we used to get wouldn't fit and it was quicker to drop them by the door.

[brush]

3. I got one recently too...left in my driveway. I feel bad...

for yellow page publishers. They're in the same category as catalog publishers...both anachronisms now.

I just collected it, took it inside and put it in the closet were the unused previous one was stored...which I threw out.

[SheltieLover]

8. I'll recycle it.

[SCantiGOP]

31. I bet 90%+

hit the trash or recycle bin the day they are delivered.

[redwitch]

4. " The new phone book's here! I'm somebody!"

If your name is Navin R. Johnson you need to be extra careful!

[spooky3]

20. Heehee! Love Steve Martin. Nt

[rsdsharp]

6. We get phone books yearly -- two of them.

They drop them on the front porch. Internet service is no problem here.

[SheltieLover]

9. I've not seen one in years.

Internet is widely available here, just many don't choose to have it or can't afford it.

[True Blue American]

14. The new Infrastucture bill is giving free internet. You need to spread this. I left Spectrum for

Metronet. I began getting cards, phone calls I was eligible for free internet from the new inftrastructure bill spreading internet.

No income check, nothing. I now have free internet. We have been discussing this on the board.

[SheltieLover]

16. Oh, I've been telling people & encouraging them, but no takers yet.

Thx!

[True Blue American]

23. I would have never known about it if I had not changed internet providers.

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I did learn one very importatant lesson. Go to the store, let them know you are leaving. They never seem to have a record of your 2 or 3 phone calls.

I took my equpment back to Metrnet. Paid the bill I had just recieved. Leaving Spectrum,yet keeping cable not so easy. That is why I resisted going back. I demanded and now get a paper bill.

[SheltieLover]

24. Thx. I doubt there are any Comcast stores here (of anywhere)

[True Blue American]

26. Spectrum has changed many times

Time Warner, others, yet they are all under the same umbrella!

Biden out shopping,talking to people, Committee finalizing Trump subpoena.

[True Blue American]

10. We still get them. So

Small you need a magnifying glass to read.

[SheltieLover]

13. This one is teeny

About 1/2" thick.

[True Blue American]

15. :)

[XanaDUer2]

17. Lol

I still have an old one

[SheltieLover]

18. Do you use it?

[XanaDUer2]

19. I looked up the police, non-emergency number once nt

[SheltieLover]

21. I guess it was good for something then.

[XanaDUer2]

22. Yes!

[debm55]

25. This may seem odd, but when I was a kid, I enjoyed reading the front section of the white pages.

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They would have have different area codes, time zones, and important numbers for FED offices, State offices, and area offices like police, fire, etc. I don't know why, but it fascinated me.

[True Blue American]

27. Like the rest of us

You read anything that was there. The thopirst for books was unending. 24 books to read as my 2 best friends exchanged. Now I have on on the IPAD,too!

I was always first in line at the mobile library that stopped in front of my house. 8 whole books! I still get 8 books when I go to the library

[Rhiannon12866]

29. We still regularly get phone books here in rural NY, but they're all Yellow Pages

[Duppers]

30. They have a double purpose in some parts of Tennessee