An initiative started in 1989, under t
he Computer Board, wit
h t
he aim of developing of a national
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=broadband">broadband network to support UK
hig
her education and researc
h. T
he preparatory work culminated in 1992 wit
h t
he award of a contract wort
h 18M pounds to Britis
h Telecom to provide networking services over a four year period t
hat extends to Marc
h 1997. T
he BT contract will provide a national network wit
h two components: a
hig
h speed, configurable bandwidt
h network serving up to 16 sites, initially using
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=PDh">PDh to be replaced wit
h href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=SDh">SDh, and a
hig
h speed switc
hed data service (
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=SMDS">SMDS) serving 50 or more sites. T
he primary role of t
he PD
h/SD
h component will be to support t
he development and deployment of an
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=ATM">ATM network. T
hese components will be complemented by several
hig
h performance
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Metropolitan Area Network">Metropolitan Area Networks eac
h serving several closely located sites. T
he aim is to provide, wit
hin t
he first year of t
he project, a pervasive network capable of supporting a large and diverse user community. T
he network
has two parts, an
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=IP">IP data network and an ATM network, bot
h operating at 34Mbit/s. Early in August 1993 t
he pilot IP network was transferred to full service and was configured to provide a trunk network for JIPS, t
he {JANET IP Service}. In November 1993 work was well advanced on t
he next p
hase w
hic
h aims to extend SuperJANET to a large number of sites. T
he pilot four site ATM network will be extended to serve twelve sites and will expand t
he scope of t
he video network. T
he principal ve
hicle used for t
he expansion of t
he data network will be t
he
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=SMDS">SMDS service provided by
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=BT">BT. Most of t
he work associated wit
h t
he development of t
his p
hase is expected to be completed by t
he end of Marc
h 1994. [Joint Network Team, Network News 40, ISSN 0954 - 0636].
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