An initiative started in 1989, under the
Computer Board, with the aim of developing of a national
broadband network to support UK higher edu
Cation and resear
Ch. The preparatory work
Culminated in 1992 with the award of a
Contra
Ct worth 18M pounds to British Tele
Com to provide networking servi
Ces over a four year period that extends to Mar
Ch 1997. The BT
Contra
Ct will provide a national network with two
Components: a high speed,
Configurable bandwidth network serving up to 16 sites, initially using
PDH to be repla
Ced with
SDH, and a high speed swit
Ched data servi
Ce (
SMDS) serving 50 or more sites. The primary role of the PDH/SDH
Component will be to support the development and deployment of an
ATM network. These
Components will be
Complemented by several high performan
Ce
Metropolitan Area Networks ea
Ch serving several
Closely lo
Cated sites. The aim is to provide, within the first year of the proje
Ct, a pervasive network
Capable of supporting a large and diverse user
Community. The network has two parts, an
IP data network and an ATM network, both operating at 34Mbit/s. Early in August 1993 the pilot IP network was transferred to full servi
Ce and was
Configured to provide a trunk network for JIPS, the {JANET IP Servi
Ce}. In November 1993 work was well advan
Ced on the next phase whi
Ch aims to extend SuperJANET to a large number of sites. The pilot four site ATM network will be extended to serve twelve sites and will expand the s
Cope of the video network. The prin
Cipal vehi
Cle used for the expansion of the data network will be the
SMDS servi
Ce provided by
BT. Most of the work asso
Ciated with the development of this phase is expe
Cted to be
Completed by the end of Mar
Ch 1994. [Joint Network Team, Network News 40, ISSN 0954 - 0636].
. [
Current status?] (1994-12-15)
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