First Lessons From The Biarritz Trial Network [1]

P. Touyarot; B. Marc; A. de Panafieu

doi:10.1117/12.966537

6 July 1986 First Lessons From The Biarritz Trial Network [1]

P. Touyarot, B. Marc, A. de Panafieu

Proceedings Volume 0585, Fiber Optic Broadband Networks; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966537
Event: 1985 International Technical Symposium/Europe, 1985, Cannes, France

Abstract

Opened for commercial operation in 1984, the trial optical fiber network at Biarritz in south-west France gives 1,500 subscribers access to a whole range of broadband services - videophony, audiovisual databases, TV and stereo sound program distribution, and an on-line TV program library - in addition to conventional narrow-band services like telephony and videotex. The Biarritz network is an outstanding technology and engineering testbed. It is also a sociological testing ground for new services, unique in the world, with results of particular relevance to the interactive cable TV and visual communications networks of the future.

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P. Touyarot, B. Marc, and A. de Panafieu "First Lessons From The Biarritz Trial Network [1]", Proc. SPIE 0585, Fiber Optic Broadband Networks, (6 July 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966537

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