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From: boucher@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US (Marc Boucher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Minitel in US (Was Re: LA World of Commodore Show)
Keywords: naplps, minitel, alex
Message-ID: <879@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US>
Date: 6 Jun 89 05:56:28 GMT
References: <17361@usc.edu> <18770@cup.portal.com> <347@xdos.UUCP> <19011@cup.portal.com> <686@flatline.UUCP> <867@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US> <17613@usc.edu>
Reply-To: boucher@jolnet.UUCP (Marc Boucher)
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Organization: Jolnet, Orland Park (Joliet), Ill.
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In article <17613@usc.edu>, Marco Papa writes:

> Moreover, Southwestern Bell has started distributing portable Minitel 
> terminals whose rental cost is projected to be $10/month.

	Bell Canada is renting cute Naplps terminals for $7.95/month 
_canadian_ dollars. Their plan is of course not to make any profit renting
terminals, instead pushing their service, which is 30 cents/minute (most
services, & cdn $).

	We are also thinking of converting our emulator to some sort of
amiga "naplps.device", to be used by any software, much like the console device.

	You mentionned CTL -- They are on Alex too, offering a "chat" system
linked to all of its siblings across France and the U.S.


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