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MinitelAn online service of France Telecom that is used to look up phone numbers, pay bills, purchase merchandise and chat. Starting in 1983, the text-based terminals were freely distributed. Access to the services, known as the Teletel network, is based on telephone time and service provider fees. Because it was quite advanced for the 1980s and simple to use, Minitel use became widespread and thousands of services were offered. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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While France, for instance, was busy with its own Minitel network, the Internet was originally built mostly by and for Americans, so the United States ended up with the lion's share of addresses, approximately 74 percent. E-business-related turnover in France in 1997 was bigger than the total e-business-related turnover generated in the United Stares, through the French Minitel system;" he says. It's called Minitel - the French state phone company's system of terminals. |
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