No more Phonebook/Goldenpages to every Home

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From this year, you must request a phonebook from eir and pay postage and packaging cost if you want one that is.

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https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/eir-to-cease-delivery-of-phonebooks-to-every-house-893937.html

Kristopherus

Anything to eke more dosh from us.:mad:

corner of hells

Ride her like horse wrote: »

From this year, you must request a phonebook from eir and pay postage and packaging cost if you want one that is.

What's a phonebook ?

paddylonglegs

Kristopherus wrote: »

Anything to eke more dosh from us.:mad:

They're not going to go to your house, reach into your wallet, and take your money. You have to go and buy it if you WANT to. **** sake

Gravelly

I haven't received a phonebook in years - didn't even realise they still printed them. What a waste of resources.

Stark

Kristopherus wrote: »

Anything to eke more dosh from us.:mad:

My phone book usually ends up straight in the recycling. Good on them to start tackling the waste issue.

Trigger Happy

Stark wrote: »

My phone book usually ends up straight in the recycling. Good on them to start tackling the waste issue.

And now that they charge for recycling by weight we will be saving money by avoiding the cost of dumping the damned things in the green bin.

biko

Good, such a waste of paper

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“The on-request printed directory of subscribers ensures the provision of basic telecommunication services, contributing to the social and economic inclusiveness and cohesiveness,” ComReg said.

What a load of rubbish. Society isn't going to fall apart if Eir doesn't produce printed phone books, which are relics of a bygone age.

Many people don't even have landline phones anymore.

Your Face

Haven't seen one for years.

ohnonotgmail

Hazel Acidic Wrestler wrote: »

What a load of rubbish. Society isn't going to fall apart if Eir doesn't produce printed phone books, which are relics of a bygone age.

Many people don't even have landline phones anymore.

they are relics of a bygone age but there are still people living in that bygone age so making a phonebook available on demand is no bad thing.

EdgeCase

I haven't seen one in about 10 years. I didn't even realise it was still published. I haven't used one in maybe 15 years or more.

I'm sure the same people who seem to think forcing Eir to retain payphones is important for some reason reason will be up in arms though.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

About time they stopped the nonsense of dumping phonebooks at every house. An awful waste of resources. It took me three years to get them to stop leaving phonebooks with us.

Gravelly

Was it on here or somewhere else that I read about someone who either bought or rented a house and found the attic full of undelivered phone books?

jimgoose

In an era when ten-year-old kids have the entirety of human knowledge available on-demand via a small yet powerful device in their pockets, dumping pallets of dead trees at each house as a matter of course seems at best quaint, at worst a ridiculous bordering on criminal waste of resources.

Mint Sauce

I have always received a phone book. Always keep the current edition just incase, but would say in 3/4 years, have only opened one of them once. Wouldn't miss it if didn't get another one.

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ohnonotgmail wrote: »

they are relics of a bygone age but there are still people living in that bygone age so making a phonebook available on demand is no bad thing.

It still means that significant resources have to go into assembling and printing phone books for the benefit of the small minority of people who either can't or won't use the internet or call directory enquiries.

In any case, with a significant number of people now using mobile phones exclusively, or having their landline number ex-directory, there's a good chance that the person I want to call won't have their number in the printed phone book anyway.

EdgeCase

In France the P&T (which became France Telecom and is now called Orange) stopped distribution of phone books in the early 1980s as videotext terminals called Minitel replaced it. Minitel itself was switched off for ever in the early 2000s.

So we're only reaching that point 35+ years later.

I've never used a phone book, not once. I think a number should be available on demand for those who need them, elderly people who don't use smartphones for example.

It's a criminal waste to plonk them unrequested at every home.

EdgeCase

From what I gather the phone book paid for itself back in the day as it was subsidized by the Golden Pages, the advertising based classified directory.

It was the go-to place to find services until the internet was pretty well established and Googling things became the norm. Even after that it took a good few years before it was totally replaced.

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Hazel Acidic Wrestler wrote: »

It still means that significant resources have to go into assembling and printing phone books for the benefit of the small minority of people who either can't or won't use the internet or call directory enquiries.

In any case, with a significant number of people now using mobile phones exclusively, or having their landline number ex-directory, there's a good chance that the person I want to call won't have their number in the printed phone book anyway.

It would be very foolish to ring directory enquiries these days as it costs about €5 per second now

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The most recent eir goldenpages that I saw (2016 or 2017) still had video rental shops that closed over 15 years ago listed.

EdgeCase

sugarman wrote: »

It wasn't switched off until 2012, their was a heavy reluctance to switch to computers / internet in France.

A place we used to stay in France only accepted booking via minitel until it was switched off! ..now they only accept over the phone, and at check in everything is done via pen/paper. No computers.

They'd be the exception though. Minitel usage had been dwindling to the point it wasn't making money.

I mean there are plenty to people who are nostalgic about Aertel and WAP on 1990s Nokia phones too.

I'd say those kinds of businesses could only do e-commerce if the nice lady from the equivalent of
Telecom Éireann Telecentre gave them e-commerce in a box which was installed by team of engineers who hardwired into a big beige socket on the wall.

The tools on the internet are far better but there are so many of them and you need a bit of expertise to keep up with it. So I'd say that's why they're back to pencils.

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jimgoose wrote: »

In an era when ten-year-old kids have the entirety of human knowledge available on-demand via a small yet powerful device in their pockets, dumping pallets of dead trees at each house as a matter of course seems at best quaint, at worst a ridiculous bordering on criminal waste of resources.

I recall as a child making use of the phone book and the Golden Pages to stand on them and get sweets out of the cupboard where my mother had hidden them.

Come to think of it, that's probably the last time I used a phone book.

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Mint Sauce wrote: »

I have always received a phone book. Always keep the current edition just incase, but would say in 3/4 years, have only opened one of them once. Wouldn't miss it if didn't get another one.

In case of what?

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McGaggs wrote: »

In case of what?

The Yellowstone volcano could erupt tonight dear.