What are the white pages?

The publication informally known as the "White Pages" is actually a directory of names, telephone numbers, and postal addresses generated by telephone companies and distributed to its customers and public places. Although a modern telephone book can have yellow and white sections, white pages provide only basic contact information about individuals and businesses, while yellow pages contain sponsored ads. The white pages of the phone list may also include the appropriate contact information for local government services, the history of the area and various indices for the placement of international calls and other specialized telephone services.

The publication of white pages is almost as old as the phone itself. It is assumed that the first telephone directory appeared in New Haven, Connecticut during the end of the 70s or early in the 188th of the 20th century. On one printed page he named all 50 telephone customers in the New Haven area. Both the number of phones increased and did the DID size and range of whitepages that accompanied them. The compilation and updating of all this new information was a careful task for employees of the telephone company before the invention of computers and high -speed printers.

White pages, as we know today, still contain personal contact information for the authorized phone account owner, but additional information about other family members and alternative telephone numbers can be added. Customers may also ask that their personal data are not listed on public white pages, even if the telephone company can charge the fee for the anonymity privilege. Customers can also ask for their first names to appear only as initials on white pages to discourage criminals from scanning a phone book for each woman.

with the advent of computer databases and internet connection, traditional paper form of white pages has nY a number of competitors. The Supreme Court found that the information contained on telephone white pages is not protected by copyrights, so it can be compiled and distributed according to sources other than the telephone company. Electronic versions of white pages can be accessed online or be published on CD-ROMS. Information that is generally found on the white pages in the United States can also be accessed by dialing phone numbers for help in directory or information.