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Yep, in Italy there was Videotel but it was rather expensive and never became popular (unlike the Minitel in France). The (then public) telephone company did a
by jaclaz 4y ago
Yep, in Italy there was Videotel but it was rather expensive and never became popular (unlike the Minitel in France).
The (then public) telephone company did at some point allow connection also from "not-official-terminals" and particularly a suitable modem for the Commodore 64 (with 1200/75 baud v.23) was available and had a certain diffusion:
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- GekkePrutser 4y agoYeah ours was also called videotel. The phone company sold the terminals in their shops but by then it was already declining even in France. And the premium call rates were too high to make it worthwhile. Also a lot of data was available on Teletext which was kinda the same idea just broadcast.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoActually no, it was "viditel"