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The UK had Teletext: https://theconversation.com/teletext-was-slow-but-it-paved-the-way-for-the-super-fast-world-of-the-internet-124118 https://theconversation
by lsllc 5y ago
The UK had Teletext:
https://theconversation.com/teletext-was-slow-but-it-paved-the-way-for-the-super-fast-world-of-the-internet-124118 https://theconversation.com/teletext-was-slow-but-it-paved-t...
- Johnythree 5y agoTelextext was was very popular in Australia as well. Was called Viatel.
- thematrixturtle 5y agoTeletext was popular in much of Europe, but the big difference to Minitel is that it was essentially broadcast only: you could browse pages, but not contribute to them. This obviously vastly limited its utility, since things like reservations and chat services were not possible.