Minitel succeeded Videotext as online service making online purchases, check share market, search telephone directory and could even chat.

Minitel继Videotext推出在线购物，查询股票，搜索电话目录等服务，甚至可以在线聊天。

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Next month, the transaction appears on your phone bill, as the carrier agreement dictates…just like with Minitel transactions. (Note the carrier role, to be revisited.)

下个月，这笔交易就会出现在你的手机账单上。

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Minitel's survey involved 1, 000 adults who were questioned about their thoughts on organic produce.

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Minitel inevitably proved a dead end, and France remains a laggard in the global internet race.

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But France can be an insular nation, and Minitel never really spread anywhere else.

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