Minitel for email in Paris .
Jan 29th, 2003, 06:27 AM
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Minitel for email in Paris .
The apartment I will be renting in Paris apparently has this contraption called a Minitel that I can use to send or receive emails for .1euros a minute. Does anyone know about these machines? Am I better off finding a cyber cafe? Does anyone know if there is easy internet access in the rue Cler area?
Jan 29th, 2003, 08:38 AM
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As I recall with the Minitel it's a little screen that is all character based. No graphics, no links, no html. It uses a lot of codes like "key in 95200 for info about skiing." I suppose it would handle an all-text e-mail OK. You'd really be much happier using an internet cafe. Especially since the minitel is going to run you 6 euros an hour to operate.<BR><BR>I don't know about r. Cler internet access.
Jan 29th, 2003, 08:59 AM
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Minitels are dinosaurs. I suspect it would take more time to figure out how to operate it than it would be worth.<BR><BR>There's a cybercafé called Cyber Worl Café at 20, rue de l'Exposition,not far from the Ecole Militaire métro stop.<BR><BR>For a comprehensive list of cybercafés, you can check out http://www.7utile.com/cybercafes/index.php?dep=75
