<s>
Alberta	B-General_Concept
SuperNet	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
municipal	O
broadband	O
network	O
in	O
the	O
Canadian	O
province	O
of	O
Alberta	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
network	O
links	O
Alberta	B-Protocol
's	O
public	O
institutions	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
rural	O
communities	O
and	O
First	O
Nations	O
in	O
the	O
province	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperNet	O
was	O
constructed	O
as	O
a	O
public-private	O
partnership	O
between	O
the	O
government	O
of	O
Alberta	B-Protocol
,	O
Bell	O
West	O
,	O
and	O
Axia	O
NetMedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Alberta	B-General_Concept
SuperNet	I-General_Concept
began	O
construction	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
network	O
provides	O
layer	B-Application
3	I-Application
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parts	O
of	O
the	O
network	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
Northern	O
Alberta	B-Protocol
,	O
utilize	O
wireless	O
links	O
instead	O
of	O
fibre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
network	O
consists	O
of	O
over	O
13,000	O
kilometers	O
of	O
trenched	O
fibre	B-Architecture
optic	I-Architecture
lines	O
and	O
wireless	O
links	O
,	O
serving	O
429	O
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Service	O
Alberta	B-Protocol
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
declined	O
to	O
renew	O
its	O
contract	O
with	O
Axia	O
NetMedia	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
reached	O
a	O
multi-year	O
deal	O
with	O
Bell	O
Canada	O
to	O
assume	O
operations	O
of	O
SuperNet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Alberta	B-General_Concept
SuperNet	I-General_Concept
was	O
not	O
intended	O
to	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
last	B-Protocol
mile	I-Protocol
network	O
,	O
its	O
success	O
in	O
bridging	O
the	O
rural-urban	O
digital	O
divide	O
depends	O
on	O
private	O
ISPs	O
to	O
connect	O
rural	O
homes	O
and	O
businesses	O
to	O
SuperNet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
Association	O
of	O
Canadian	O
Engineering	O
Companies	O
gave	O
the	O
Award	O
of	O
Excellence	O
to	O
Morrison	O
Hershfield	O
for	O
project	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
Alberta	B-General_Concept
SuperNet	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
