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Phone books were not eliminated. Minitel gave you access to the phone numbers in the whole country, whereas phone books were limited to your department (for for
by wott 9y ago
Phone books were not eliminated. Minitel gave you access to the phone numbers in the whole country, whereas phone books were limited to your department (for foreigners: France is divided in about 100 departments).
- BrandoElFollito 9y agoPhonebooks ARE not eliminated. I got one last year (it was a pile outside and one could grab one).
- dorfsmay 9y agoSeems correct - weird, I was sure this was the case... They are eliminating the white pages only now: https://www.nextinpact.com/news/98960-les-annuaires-pagesblanches-ne-seront-plus-distribues-a-partir-2018.htm https://www.nextinpact.com/news/98960-les-annuaires-pagesbla... So it was only hosehold with a minitel that stopped receiving white pages: "les foyers équipés de Minitel ne recevaient plus que les pages jaunes" (Homes with Minitel received the yellow pages only) http://obligement.free.fr/articles/histoire_minitel.php http://obligement.free.fr/articles/histoire_minitel.php
- bigbugbag 9y agoYou ll find more about the minitel history here: http://www.inaglobal.fr/telecoms/article/du-minitel-linterne http://www.inaglobal.fr/telecoms/article/du-minitel-linterne