Editing Videotex (section)

===Alex===
[[Image:Alextel.jpg|thumb|300px|An [[Alex (videotex service)|Alex]] terminal, photographed in 2006]]
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[[Bell Canada]] introduced Minitel to [[Quebec]] as [[Alex (videotex service)|Alex]] in 1988, and [[Ontario]] two years later. It was available both as a standalone [[Cathode-ray tube|CRT]] terminal (very similar in design to the [[ADM-3A]]) with 1200-bit/s modem, and as software-only for MS-DOS computers. The system was received enthusiastically thanks to a free two-month introductory period, but fizzled within two years. Online fees were very high, and the useful services such as home banking, restaurant reservations, and news feeds, that [[Bell Canada]] advertised did not materialise; within a very short time the majority of content on Alex was of poor quality or very expensive chat lines. The Alex terminals did double duty for connecting to text-only [[Bulletin board system|BBS]]es.