Editing Packet switching (section)

====TRANSPAC====
[[Transpac (data network)|TRANSPAC]] was the national X.25 network in France.<ref name="Transpac paper">{{citation |language=en | title=X.25 Virtual Circuits - TRANSPAC in France - Pre-Internet Data Networking | doi=10.1109/MCOM.2010.5621965 | s2cid=23639680}}</ref> It was developed locally at about the same time as DATAPAC in Canada. The development was done by the French PTT and influenced by its preceding expreimental network[[Packet switching#RCP|RCP]].<ref name="Transpac choices">{{cite web|language=en|url=https://www.dropbox.com/s/v43kuy5xwasg2l7/ISS%2076%20-%20Discussion%20of%20Technical%20Choices%20made%20for%20Transpac.pdf?dl=0|title=Discussion of Technical Choices made for TRANSPAC}}</ref> It began operation in 1978, and served commercial users and, after [[Minitel]] began, consumers.<ref name="epstein19860309">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/09/magazine/et-voila-le-minitel.html?pagewanted=all |title=Et Voila! Le Minitel |last=Epstein |first=Nadine |date=1986-03-09 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>