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kraftee

Dom Robinson wrote:
In article ,
says...
In article , Brian Sharrock
of , felt we'd be interested in the
following...

AIUI; there is _not_ a 'BT directory anymore.
Ofcom are the publishers of a book that (is supposed to) contains
all the phone numbers that are not ex-directory. This book is
called 'The Phone Book' and is distributed to each subscriber once
per year. This task is 'huge' requiring databases, printing,
distribution capability, etc, etc.; so OFcom puts the job out to
tender . The Ofcom contract -to produce the 'Phone Book' has been
won by a telco trading under the name _BT_ . it may look like a BT
directory, it may feel like a BT directory ... but it's no longer
the BT directory ... it's 'The Phone Book".

Wow, I didn't know that. I bet you're great at parties....

That's why you'll always find him in the kitchen...

I get the directory once a year and look at it less often. It's free
to search on BT.com (and presumably other sites) for numbers if I
need them, so anyone who rings expensive directory enquiries numbers
need their head read.

No they just do it on their company line