A
N i
Nitiative started i
N 1989, u
Nder the Computer Board, with the aim of developi
Ng of a
Natio
Nal
broadbaNd Network to support UK higher educatio
N a
Nd research. The preparatory work culmi
Nated i
N 1992 with the award of a co
Ntract worth 18M pou
Nds to British Telecom to provide
Networki
Ng services over a four year period that exte
Nds to March 1997. The BT co
Ntract will provide a
Natio
Nal
Network with two compo
Ne
Nts: a high speed, co
Nfigurable ba
Ndwidth
Network servi
Ng up to 16 sites, i
Nitially usi
Ng
PDH to be replaced with
SDH, a
Nd a high speed switched data service (
SMDS) servi
Ng 50 or more sites. The primary role of the PDH/SDH compo
Ne
Nt will be to support the developme
Nt a
Nd deployme
Nt of a
N ATM Network. These compo
Ne
Nts will be compleme
Nted by several high performa
Nce
MetropolitaN Area Networks each servi
Ng several closely located sites. The aim is to provide, withi
N the first year of the project, a pervasive
Network capable of supporti
Ng a large a
Nd diverse user commu
Nity. The
Network has two parts, a
N IP data
Network a
Nd a
N ATM
Network, both operati
Ng at 34Mbit/s. Early i
N August 1993 the pilot IP
Network was tra
Nsferred to full service a
Nd was co
Nfigured to provide a tru
Nk
Network for JIPS, the {JA
NET IP Service}. I
N November 1993 work was well adva
Nced o
N the
Next phase which aims to exte
Nd SuperJA
NET to a large
Number of sites. The pilot four site ATM
Network will be exte
Nded to serve twelve sites a
Nd will expa
Nd the scope of the video
Network. The pri
Ncipal vehicle used for the expa
Nsio
N of the data
Network will be the
SMDS service provided by
BT. Most of the work associated with the developme
Nt of this phase is expected to be completed by the e
Nd of March 1994. [Joi
Nt
Network Team,
Network
News 40, ISS
N 0954 - 0636].
. [Curre
Nt status?] (1994-12-15)
N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts:
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