A small but important development is happening this month
Moderators: jay, thecaretaker, inspector, Dragonrider
- thecaretaker
- Forum Administrator
- Posts: 7705
- Joined: 15th Jun 2001 at 1:00pm
- Job Status: Retired Site Manager
- Gender: Male
Mar 2024
02
05:54
A small but important development is happening this month
A small but important development is happening this month as BT finally ends the free distribution of a physical phone book on 31st March 2024. The move, which was announced last year, will bring to end a service that has been running since as far back as 1880. It should save about 6,000 tonnes of paper a year (equivalent to 72,000 trees). https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2 ... mers.html
I take it this means no more....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2TilNclT8k
I take it this means no more....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2TilNclT8k
Vérité Sans Peur
(Truth Without Fear)
- Keyolder
- Registered Member
- Posts: 5498
- Joined: 24th Jan 2009 at 12:28am
- Job Status: Retired Site Manager
- Gender: Male
Mar 2024
02
12:21
Re: A small but important development is happening this month
A sad day for the older community that are not really internet savvy, I suppose it makes sense in the grand scheme of things
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it...
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
- thecaretaker
- Forum Administrator
- Posts: 7705
- Joined: 15th Jun 2001 at 1:00pm
- Job Status: Retired Site Manager
- Gender: Male
Mar 2024
02
14:46
Re: A small but important development is happening this month
I think one of my favourite BT adverts was of Maureen Lipman as Beatie (BT) and her son who got an Ology
Like phone boxes, the phone book is just thing a of the past now.
Like phone boxes, the phone book is just thing a of the past now.
Vérité Sans Peur
(Truth Without Fear)
- welshhunk
- Registered Member
- Posts: 627
- Joined: 23rd Nov 2005 at 10:15am
- Job Status: Retired Site Manager
- Gender: Male
Mar 2024
02
16:35
Re: A small but important development is happening this month
I used to love how people answered the public phones in a phone box as they walked by and then used to knock on ( Mrs Jones house ) saying that she had a call.
Hated how the same boxes were used as a toilet
Hated how the same boxes were used as a toilet
wake me up before you gogo.
- Dragonrider
- Forum Administrator
- Posts: 2432
- Joined: 15th Jun 2001 at 1:00pm
- Job Status: Retired Site Manager
- Gender: Male
Mar 2024
03
10:30
Re: A small but important development is happening this month
I can remember when the Phone Book was a massive block of paper with personal numbers and addresses which was about 1-2" thick. There was the Yellow Pages as well, where all the businesses in the region were likewise listed, again up to a couple of inches think.
I just had what is probably the last Phone Book dropped off last month. Smaller than the Radio Times and includes every landline still listed for the region.
So many people no longer use a landline or have gone ex-directory and mobile-only I guess.
I just had what is probably the last Phone Book dropped off last month. Smaller than the Radio Times and includes every landline still listed for the region.
So many people no longer use a landline or have gone ex-directory and mobile-only I guess.
After 28 years in one school, moving on to a new start and new lifestyle, Headmistress free! Double Stroke survivor.
- Keyolder
- Registered Member
- Posts: 5498
- Joined: 24th Jan 2009 at 12:28am
- Job Status: Retired Site Manager
- Gender: Male
Mar 2024
03
10:52
Re: A small but important development is happening this month
I went ex-directory years ago, but it didn’t stop the “your name has been chosen to win a” or the cold callers, so I unplugged the phone but still needed the line for the internet. I no longer have a BT landline and use a USB sim dongle plugged into my router for the internet so am mobile only.Dragonrider wrote: ↑3rd Mar 2024 at 10:30am So many people no longer use a landline or have gone ex-directory and mobile-only I guess.
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it...
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
- thecaretaker
- Forum Administrator
- Posts: 7705
- Joined: 15th Jun 2001 at 1:00pm
- Job Status: Retired Site Manager
- Gender: Male
Mar 2024
03
14:56
Re: A small but important development is happening this month
I'm mobile only. I don't have a phone plugged into it, but I still pay for the phone line as I need it for the internet. But when FTTP eventually arrives to my house, it will be gone for good. I still live in hope.
Vérité Sans Peur
(Truth Without Fear)
- welshhunk
- Registered Member
- Posts: 627
- Joined: 23rd Nov 2005 at 10:15am
- Job Status: Retired Site Manager
- Gender: Male
Mar 2024
03
16:29
Re: A small but important development is happening this month
Also loved the “ strongman competitions” tearing the phone book in half.
wake me up before you gogo.
- Keyolder
- Registered Member
- Posts: 5498
- Joined: 24th Jan 2009 at 12:28am
- Job Status: Retired Site Manager
- Gender: Male
Mar 2024
03
18:57
Re: A small but important development is happening this month
Oh yes I forgot about those the secret I believe was in breaking the spine first
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it...
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
- twiglets
- Registered Member
- Posts: 861
- Joined: 13th Jan 2012 at 6:56pm
Mar 2024
04
07:28
Re: A small but important development is happening this month
No land line- haven't had one since full fibre- didn't even use one for about 4 years before, just disconnected it as the only calls were cold callers.
My favourite advert was "fly fishing by J R Hartley". although this was the yellow pages part.
My favourite advert was "fly fishing by J R Hartley". although this was the yellow pages part.