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Directory Facts (Property · Eligibility) — "Rural Telephone Service Company, Inc., is a certified public utility that provides telephone service to several com…
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- Telephone directory services in northwest Kansas and Feist’s broader alternative
- Rural Telephone Service Company, Inc. is a certified public utility serving several communities in northwest Kansas
- Rural provides telephone service to its subscribers
- Kansas regulation governs telephone companies operating in the state
- The regulation requires an annually updated telephone directory
- Publishing the directory is also a condition of Rural’s monopoly franchise
- Rural’s typical directory contains white pages and yellow pages
- The white pages alphabetically list subscribers, towns, and telephone numbers
- The yellow pages alphabetically list business subscribers by category and contain classified advertisements
- Rural distributes the directory free to subscribers and earns revenue from yellow pages advertisements
- Feist Publications, Inc. specializes in area-wide telephone directories
- Feist’s directories cover a larger geographical range than typical local directories
- The broader coverage reduces the need for directory assistance or multiple directories
