GTE mainStreet

GTE mainStreet, also known as mainStreet USA, was one of the first interactive television projects.

Internet style content was available through this television service before the internet was widely accessible. mainStreet started in the mid-1980s and matured technically with rich new content from 1990 to 1998. The explosive popularity of Netscape and the World Wide Web in the late 1990s made mainStreet obsolete.

ee also

* GTE

References

* cite news
last=McCarthy
first=Shira
url=http://telephonyonline.com/mag/telecom_stepping_onto_mainstreet/
title=Stepping out onto mainStreet GTE breaks new ground with interactive TV service
publisher=Telephony Online
date=Dec 2,1996
accessdate=2008-09-11