The easiest Internet connection at the French end, although not necessarily the cheapest, is via the French national videotex system, the Minitel. I myself know of five public Minitel services which currently may be used by anyone in France at least to receive and send Internet e - mail, and the last of the four does much more. This appears to be straight commercial Internet access of the type offered in the US by The WELL, Netcom, AOL, and similar. The Minitel and commercial possibilities mentioned above obviously account for a small number, as most of them just are beginning. The French fascinate, as always.
International marketers take note.
French corporate networking increases. French publishing and commercial applications, already heavily online on the Minitel, can't be far behind. The US has no monopoly on Internet growth, or on the useful development of the networking which it has invented. Use of material written by others requires their permission. Copyright 1992- by Jack Kessler, all rights reserved.