Re:MiniMit – Bringing Minitel back to life
by JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B on Sunday June 18, 2023 @10:48PM
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IIRC in addition to the price of the service, the Minitel was billed by the minute like every phone communication was billed like this. That's why early internet was expensive in France, and it became "free" with DSL connections.
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Re:MiniMit – Bringing Minitel back to life
by canucker2016 on Monday June 19, 2023 @03:15PM
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One of the differences between USA/Canada and France/Germany (and perhaps other countries). Local phone calls in Canada/USA are included in monthly phone bill service, whereas in France/Germany, local calls are charged a per minute rate in addition to any monthly phone service cost. I believe local phone-dialup ISPs took off in Canada/USA because of the lower cost.