2002 was way after the Minitel and it was after France Telecom financed France to meet the EU conditions to have the Euro. It was for about $7 billions in 1997[

2002 was way after the Minitel and it was after France Telecom financed France to meet the EU conditions to have the Euro. It was for about $7 billions in 1997[1]. And the BBC is biased, really, especially if you look at it from a non Western point of view. The thing is, you (and me) live in the Western capitalistic world, that is, we cannot assess easily the bias, because our references are including it. This is a very interesting topic but far too controversial to be discussed in the comments here. [1]http://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/20/news/20iht-euro.t.html http://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/20/news/20iht-euro.t.html