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Prestel

Prestel was the brand name of a videotex service launched in the UK in 1979 by Post Office Telecommunications, a division of the British Post Office. It had around 95,500 attached terminals at its peak, and was a forerunner of the internet-based online services developed in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Prestel was discontinued in 1994 and its…

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Developer
Post Office Telecommunications
Discontinued
1994; 32 years ago (1994)
Key people
Samuel Fedida
Launch date
1979; 47 years ago (1979)
Members
c. 95,500 terminals attached at peak
Operating system
OS4000 operating system supporting BABBAGE high-level assembly language

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Messaging

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International sales

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Prestel

Nodes160
Edges159
Triples244
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.0125
Components1

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Prestel

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related to Decline · 18
Prestel → April, British Telecom, BT's, Chatline, During, Homelink, However, In October, Membership, Micronet, Micronet's, Nottingham Building Society, The, The Guardian, The Times, Towards, UK, With
related to Closure · 14
Prestel → British Telecom, Financial Express, Financial Express Prestel, In, Internet, ISP, ISP Demon Internet, It, New Prestel, Prestel Internet Service, Prestel On-line, The, This, Web
related to Commercial launch · 14
Prestel → British Airways, British Library, British Rail, British Tourist Authority, By February, In March, IPs, London Residential Service, Post Office, Reuters, Sealink, September, The, The Post Office
related to International sales · 13
Prestel → Australia, Austria, British, GTE, Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, PTTs, Singapore, Switzerland, USA, West Germany
related to Monitoring · 13
Prestel → Free, In, IP, IRC, PET, Prestel Regional Centre, Priority Incident Reporting Equipment, The, This, Users, VAMPIRE, Via, Viewdata Access Monitor
related to Growth · 11
Prestel → Actual, British Telecom, Factframe, From September, In September, Micronet, Noting, Prestel's, The, The Times, Thomas
related to Hardware · 11
Prestel → Each IRC, For, GEC, IRC, Kbyte, Mbyte, Prestel's, The, These, This, With
related to Telex Link · 10
Prestel → An, In September, Mailbox, MBX, On, Prestel Mailbox, September, Telex Link, TXLINK, UK Telex
related to Analyses · 9
Prestel → He, In, IPs, Noll, October, Post Office, Prestel's, Prestel-adapted TV, Writing

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PrestelDeveloperPost Office Telecommunications1.00infobox
PrestelDiscontinued1994; 32 years ago (1994)1.00infobox
PrestelKey peopleSamuel Fedida1.00infobox
PrestelLaunch date1979; 47 years ago (1979)1.00infobox
PrestelMembersc. 95,500 terminals attached at peak1.00infobox
PrestelOperating systemOS4000 operating system supporting BABBAGE high-level assembly language1.00infobox
PrestelPlatformGEC 4000 minicomputers in a star network configuration with packet-switched connections1.00infobox
PrestelPricing modelSubscription (quarterly) and usage (time spent on system, some pages, some messaging service actions)1.00infobox
PrestelStatusDiscontinued1.00infobox
PrestelTypeGeneral-purpose public videotex service1.00infobox
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