France pulls plug on Internet forerunner Minitel

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 14:01 in Astronomy & Space

Three decades after it launched, the Minitel -- a made in France forerunner to the Internet that at its height was installed in nine million homes -- will shut down for good on Saturday.

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