What is Minitel?
Q: What is Minitel?
A: Minitel is an online service that was started in France in 1982.
Q: How did users connect to Minitel?
A: Users connected to Minitel through telephone lines.
Q: Was Minitel a successful online service?
A: Yes, Minitel was a successful pre-World Wide Web online service.
Q: What could people do on Minitel?
A: People could buy things online, make train reservations, check stock prices, search the telephone directory, have a mail box, and chat on Minitel.
Q: When did France Telecom say that the Minitel network still had 10 million monthly connections?
A: France Telecom said that the Minitel network still had 10 million monthly connections in February 2009.
Q: What happened to the Minitel network in 2012?
A: France Telecom ended the Minitel service on 30 June 2012.
Q: How many connections were to the directory of Minitel according to France Telecom's statement?
A: According to France Telecom's statement, one million connections were to the directory of Minitel.