Re: Tell Telstra to stop sending you dead trees.

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From: terryc
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:37

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On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:04:51 +1000, B J Foster wrote:

> Good idea. Everyone should send this to everyone they know. Mine go
> straight into the recycle bin.
> 
> These directories should be opt in. Telstra is living in the last
> century.

They moved into the current century early on the delivery of these 
things. Delivery was all tendered out decades ago. It costs, the 
deliverer about 4-10x as much to delivery scattered directories as in 
door to door urban areas. They know if they bundle urban areas with rural/
scattered areas, they will get cheaper overall delivery quotes. If it all 
turns into random selected address delivery, then they might as well bulk 
contract with Australia Post.

There is also the consideration of printing cost per copy. The more you 
print, the cheaper it gets per copy, so they are not really interested in 
significant print reductions.

The other issue is how many people have fast reliable broadband and can 
afford to keep a computer running to sit down and open whitepages.com.au 
and look up a number? I suspect t is still a small percentage.

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