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A phone company obtains an alphabetical list of names of homeowners in a city

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A phone company obtains an alphabetical list of names of homeowners in a city. They select every 25th person from the list until a sample of 100 is obtained. They then call these 100 people to advertise their services.

Does this sampling plan result in a random sample?

What type of sample is it? Explain.