“I’m not real sure what that is,” said Carl Graham, owner of Ryder Truck Rental on North Division after seeing the new name. “I don’t quite understand what the Dex is for,” said Scott Bontrager, a salesman for Al’s Auto Supply on North Division, after seeing the new phone book. It may be easier to use, but the name “Dex” is causing some confusion. “People were saying, ‘I don’t want to be looking up Kinko’s in three different communities,”’ Carver-Herbert said. That way consumers don’t need to know the community where a listing is located. Instead, they’ll be included in the Spokane sections for business and residences. Individual communities in Eastern Washington, such as Cheney, Deer Park and Elk, won’t have separate sections anymore. The organization of the book also has changed slightly in response to customer demand, she said. “We’re trying to appeal to a more advanced society,” Carver-Herbert said. West has offered online service since June 1996, the Internet address (http:/ /) is displayed for the first time on the new book’s cover. People also can use the phone book online. Residences and businesses should receive their phone books within three weeks. West began distributing 363,000 new phone books in the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene markets, up from 328,700 last year. “We wanted to add more of a personality to it, to make it more memorable,” said Wendy Carver-Herbert, a spokeswoman. West Dex, “Your Directory Expert.” It’s still white and yellow, but the new directory is decorated with a symbol of a person looking through a magnifying glass, signifying the search for information. West Direct, the company’s directories now will be known as U.S. West’s white and yellow pages have adopted a new name, a new look, and an Internet address to keep up with the fast-changing ‘90s.įormerly called U.S. If you’re emailing your question, please add “Mailbag” to the subject line.U.S. Sign up for the newsletter, see past Tech+ answers or ask your own tech question at dpo.st/mailbag. But hopefully your sons have been keeping tabs on you so they know how to reach you themselves - and already have.Įverything’s better online! For complete answers and links, see the latest Tech+ Q&A at dpo.st/mailbag. Using these resources will get you closer to finding the phone numbers of family members. These days you may find more people missing from these once-useful white pages because fewer people pay for landline service. And the person must not have paid to be unlisted. Mobile services aren’t as willing to sell such customer data. The person must have landline telephone service with one of the major providers (CenturyLink or Verizon, for example). Read deeper into how your phone number gets into Dexpages from this earlier Tech+ Q&A: The most accurate way to find a person’s phone number and home address? The phone book.Īt Dexpages, you can search for people nationwide by ZIP code to pull up the actual printed white page. I wrote about Dexpages before because CenturyLink, Denver’s major telephone service, also provides its customer data to them. Verizon’s white pages - at /whitepages - take me to, a massive resource of phone numbers. And by searching for “Verizon 411 directory,” that brings us to information about Verizon’s white pages, which - to all the younger folks out there - was the best way to look up residential phone numbers last century. In Maryland’s Harford County, Verizon is the local telephone service provider, according to the county’s official page. If typing in that person’s name and city doesn’t pull up the person, there are more strategic ways to find a number. Of course, hunting for a person’s phone number is a bit challenging online with the wealth of information out there. While you could try dialing 411, which still provides directory assistance for a fee, the old way of life is not coming back. Force yourself to explore the internet, use Google or Bing to search and even consider voice-activated options like Amazon’s Alexa. Q: How do I get a telephone number for a family member? I live in another county that does not list Harford County, Md., telephone numbers and my address book was lost in the move, so I am having real problems since I cannot contact my sons and other family members and friends. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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