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Saturday 18 August 2012
Whatever happened to France's Minitel?
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Farewell Minitel
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By Trevor Pinch and Mark Lane

On 30 June of this year, France's Minitel service was buried for good. This French invention was often described as the precursor of the internet. So are the two so different? And why was the Minitel abandoned?

tags : Internet and new technology - Minitel
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