I remember the excitement I experienced at the 'huge' amount of information available to me 'in an instant' when I used Teletext for the first time. Apart from the rather naf colours and the painful navigation, this was to me a step towards the future.
Sadly, on 16th December 2009, the service is to be discontinued as it is no longer economically viable. Here and here. (not clear whether the web site will remain) After 30+ years of transmitting information it will be no more. Remember Ceefax and Oracle??? More info on Wikipedia... here.
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