Utility regulators at the state's Public Service Commission voted Tuesday to exempt telephone companies from a requirement that they distribute white pages in places with more than 50,000 residents. The request came from AT&T Georgia.
The decision takes effect 20 days after the revised rules are submitted to the secretary of state.
Telephone companies must still give customers a phone directory in markets with fewer than 50,000 residents or if a customer wants one.
The affected communities are:
Albany
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta-Harlem
Austell-Douglasville-Hiram-Mableton-
Powder Springs
Cherokee-Pickens Counties
Clayton-Fayette-Henry Counties
Columbus-Hamilton
Cumming-Forsyth-Roswell-Alpharetta
Gwinnett County
Henry County
Lake Oconee-Reynolds Plantation
Macon-Forsyth
Marietta
Savannah
Warner Robins
West Georgia
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