# JUNET

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**Japan University NETwork** (**JUNET**) was a computer network established by three universities, [Tokyo University](/source/Tokyo_University), [Tokyo Institute of Technology](/source/Tokyo_Institute_of_Technology) and [Keio University](/source/Keio_University) in October 1984 for test and research purposes. At its height it connected 700 machines[citation needed]. Comparable to the model of the American [Usenet](/source/Usenet), it employed a [UUCP](/source/UUCP) implementation over telephone line. JUNET played an important role in the development of the [Internet](/source/Internet) in Japan. It was made obsolete with the development and growing popularity of the [WIDE Project](/source/WIDE_Project), and was discontinued in October 1994[citation needed].

## Size and Growth of the Network

JUNET grew from a few organizations in 1984 to over 250 nodes in 87 organizations by July 1987.[1]

## References

1. Jun Murai and Akira Kato, Researches in network development of JUNET, Proceedings of the ACM workshop on Frontiers in computer communications technology, 1987 ([\[1\]](http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=55483.55491))

## External links

- [The history of the WIDE project](https://www.wide.ad.jp/About/history_e.html)

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