I grew up in the US, so had no awareness of this system, at all. It was really surreal reading about it (and the French Minitel, etc.) when the Internet started becoming popular; it was inevitably compared to the existing services that provided some of the same capabilities. I was like, "WTF? Why didn't I have access to anything like that when I was a kid? That sounds awesome!"
That's awesome.
I grew up in the US, so had no awareness of this system, at all. It was really surreal reading about it (and the French Minitel, etc.) when the Internet started becoming popular; it was inevitably compared to the existing services that provided some of the same capabilities. I was like, "WTF? Why didn't I have access to anything like that when I was a kid? That sounds awesome!"