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From: elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Minitel in US (Was Re: LA World of Commodore Show)
Message-ID: <8243@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 31 May 89 05:44:26 GMT
References: <347@xdos.UUCP>
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Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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in article <347@xdos.UUCP>, doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug "It's A Feature" Merritt) says:
> In article <18770@cup.portal.com> stephan@cup.portal.com (Stephen Derek Schaem) writes:
>> MNITEL NEW?!!! My grand mother has one for 3 years now... And I don't think
>>their is any server around here(U.S.A).
> Minitel is currently doing a limited experimental beta test in the US.
> This is pretty old news so by now it would be too late to try to sign
> up, nor do I recall any real specifics.

Southwest Bell & some company whose name I don't recall are beta'ing a
videotext service in Houston and other SWB service areas. This service
uses Americanized Minitel equipment. SWB has announced plans to extend
the service to the rest of Texas, and to Oklahoma.

Coincidentally (?), SWB has now announced that all BBS's in those two
states will be charged business rates, because they "provide a service
to the public and are therefore a business." Just coincidence, of
course. Right? 

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