Electronic reference MGTS: obvious and incredible in-one

The most conservative estimate the number of Internet users in Moscow has long passed for one and a half million, mostly for network access using a computer. The exact number of which is in Moscow, accounting in general can not be because of the huge amount of samosbornyh machines. Of these people probably 99% at least sometimes emerge from the table Exel, a favorite toy or the World Wide Web to use the phone - at least call and order pizza for home delivery. It is for millions of computer users MGTS publishes its complete telephone directory giant with a circulation of 12,000 copies.

Who needs it?

If you focus on the circulation of the disc, the directory is almost no one needed, because circulation probably asking for experience in sales. Tens of thousands of copies of a potential audience of millions - it is not even funny, it's very sad. When that paper version of the directory weighs over three pounds, also costs money and is equipped with low-productivity and are difficult to find as poslyunyavlennogo thumb. More probable assumption of low popularity of CD-version - of this publication is simply no one knows. Seems to be true: the information about a guide on the internet a little, but as outdoor and print advertising is almost not found at all. In this case, the mere existence of the directory in MGTS does not seem to hide, once even at the exhibition shown and allowed to photograph. Ie goods are not strategic and it can not only feel, but also write about the experiences encountered. We are pleased to do.

Anatomy of a handbook

Installed on your computer is not required, information search is conducted directly from the disk. Home addresses / phone numbers in the directory does not and can not be: a handbook announced as a full analogue print-Moscow city telephone network. However, the search functionality of subscribers - physical persons (home) straight from the shell of the directory is present, the owner of this directory should have the right to connect to a daily updated database MGTS Tome and search in it. For us mere mortals, the presence of this function is not fundamentally - still can not use. Relevance of the database - the fourth quarter of 2004.

Interface - quad, very austere and without ryushechek-kruzhavchikov (I like). Initially, straining the system search for features which still need to get used to. For example, for a long time could not find a phone abonsluzhby BeeLine, directory categorically denied the existence of such an organization in Moscow. As, however, and the organization with the name of VimpelCom. Megafon, incidentally, was found immediately. Emerged even delusional thoughts of sabotage direct competitor, but it was much more prosaic: the search must be correctly and completely set name of the organization, or use a mask.In general, before throwing the disc on the wall is harmless to read Help, which is made pleasant and well: clearly, in the case, with illustrations and without unnecessary tyagomotnyh descriptions.

Additional search options please. Appropriate office can search by phone number, address and even email-address! The main thing is that when recording their data, this is the office had not forgotten it all stated. Unfortunately, the search for the organization of email-domain with a mask of "star" before the @ is not working, but the task of finding the parameters of universal info@xxxxx.ru usually helps out. In search mode, the abbreviation list in the results window looks very informative: Who would have thought that company MTS sells medical equipment? With the search facilities on the profile I really could not cope, somehow, this intricately-unfriendly regime works. Maybe later on, slowly at leisure over a glass of tea ... Experience has shown that most effectively seek the establishment of a number, if any, on our good fortune in its name (school, clinic, etc.).

There is quite a workable map of Moscow with an automatic binding of the specified object. Detailing cards - to homes, with the numbering. The object denoted by a circle of color. To put it bluntly: the card is not present, there is much more comfortable and functional versions (same Mosmap). Apart from unimportant features (few steps to scale, lack of function of distance, etc.) card is also occasionally disappears altogether, for it to eject the light of day is necessary to press a special button to restore the position of the windows. " Also a matter of habit, but it all (including system errors sometimes popping up when you search the data) is somewhat annoying. At the same time makes the uniqueness of the product put up even with obvious shortcomings: there is a lot of cards "of good and different, but in terms of freshness and completeness of the information guide MGTS is clearly out of competition.

Additional features

Those few, but they are there. Completely "in the theme of" a complete list of telephone area codes of various countries and cities, the list of regional telephone exchanges, indicating reference phone numbers and schedule. Useful to search for the old street name for the new. Primitive scheme of the Moscow metro stuck for sure "to order", in comparison with many other computer-metro scheme looks shabby. Well, let without calculating travel time and detailed diagrams of transitions, but we could at least some spice to add. For example, to define the scheme the presence or absence of payphones MGTS transitions. From this year on the disk appeared MGTS map adjacent to the Moscow area. More accurate scheme for the card it can be called only with a very big stretch. The meaning of inclusion in the directory of this scheme was initially unclear, then figured it out: concentric circles marked kilometer zone, may be useful in calculating the chargeable time in near and far suburbs. For a modest office workers an option to "Print" and "Export to MS Word", and in a Word document all the data (addresses, phone numbers, etc.) carry a neat column of icons associated with, nice.

Undocumented joy

As part of the content more useful information guide was not as straightforward as first thought. Job search by phone number allows you to scratch out a lot of interesting things.Apparently, in the depths of CD contains a huge amount of unpublished phone numbers of various organizations. And these phones are properly "tied" in the search results window, we see the name and coordinates the agency, knowing business telephone man is sometimes possible to "calculate" the place of his work. Happen and fun finds: typing in the search bar to your mobile phone number vyaschemu surprise found in the window coordinates of Golden Telecom. Did not even realize that this part of the numbering capacity leased from Beeline and Golden Telecom sells as their direct numbers. In general, to delve into the database directory quite harmless.

Summary

Drive of your money (I think 150 rub.) Definitely worth a good thing and useful. Especially if you often have to look for phone numbers of various organizations and enterprises, and simply not to swallow the paper dust while navigating through the huge tome. And the flaws / defects - where they do not? That's just embarrassing circulation, even at the minimum interest of consumers in Moscow will have to print additional drives or "Handbook" will be a rarity even in the month of March.