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Oct 2, 2026 · Industry Insights

Minitel: France's Pre-Web Internet That Died by Its Own Meter

France's Minitel network served 25 million users with 9 million terminals a decade before the World Wide Web, but its per-minute billing model and closed architecture ultimately caused its decline against the open, unmetered web, leading to its 2012 shutdown despite 810,000 terminals still active.