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Anon uses a phone book (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 108 points 10 months ago (37 children)

This was a unique point in time when people had cell phones but had to carry a phonebook because there was no mobile internet. Some time between 1992 and 2005?

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Even once mobile internet was introduced, it was really expensive and many businesses didn't have a web presence that would work on mobile. It's only since maybe 2011 that someone could look up a business on their phone and be relatively confident that they'd find contact info on a mobile friendly page and not blow out their monthly data allowance in the process.

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