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terryc wrote
> 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.

Yes. Particularly when most wont opt out.

> They know if they bundle urban areas with rural/ scattered
> areas, they will get cheaper overall delivery quotes.

They arent lumped together, one year the local footy club did the delivery in my town.

> If it all turns into random selected address delivery,
> then they might as well bulk contract with Australia Post.

That wont work, they are too heavy for that.

> 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.

It doesnt work like that. They still save money on printing when printing less.

> 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.

And even fewer than that want to do it that way even when they can.