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Minitel service shuts down

Posted by Ridcully on · 1 comment
The Connexion - France's English-Language Newspaper		Mail this story
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After 20 years of service, France's precursor to the Internet is finally shutting down. At its peak, about 9 million Minitel sets were connected for booking services, chats, games and buying and selling items/stock/etc. or paying bills. The little b&w sets connected with a modem over telephone lines. There will be 400,000 sets shut down.

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Ridcully Story submitter ·
I couldn't put this link in the main topic, but for those who would like a better look at the Minitel device actually in operation, there is an excellent picture on this site showing it as it was in 1989.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-29/french-internet-precur...

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