ICT Role in 21st Century Education & its Challenges.pptx
Chuaa51: The History of Internet in the Philippines
1. The History of Internet
in the Philippines
Before Facebook, Instagram and Twitter became the trend.
Chua, Patricia Maxine
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2. A Timeline of Philippine Internet
• According to an article by Yahoo! PH,
the Internet in the Philippines first
opened it’s doors and access on
March 29, 1994.
• 1986 the Philippines only had a public-access
BBS (Bulletin Board System)
known as “First-Fil RBBS”.
• 1987, a local communication network
was made, known as the “The
Philippine FidoNet Exchange”
3. A Timeline of Philippine Internet
• 1990, the Ateneo Computer Technology Center, held by Arnie del
Rosario, attempted to create a network of communication for
universities as well as government purposes. Unfortunately, it
failed to be implemented.
• 1991-1993, Email was introduced by multinational companies such
as Intel, Motorola and Texas Instruments. The direct internet
connection that these companies made also encouraged our local
firms like ETPI, Philcom and PLDT to operate these advancements
commercially in our country.
• 1993, “Phase one of the Philnet project shifted into full gear after
receiving funding from the DOST.” (Guerrero, 2014)
4. A Timeline of Philippine Internet
• November 1993, addictional funding of P12.5 Million (Guerrero, 2014) was given
by DOST to purchase equipments and communication lines that would help
kickstart the second project of Philnet.
• March 29, 1994, 1:15 am, the Philippines finally had it’s first connection to the
internet at the PLDT network center in Makati City. Benjie Tan, ComNet, a
company that supplied Cisco routers to the Philnet project was the one who
established it. To announce this accomplishment, “he posted a short message to
the Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.filipino to alert Filipinos overseas that a link had
been made. His message read:
• ‘As of March 29,1994 at 1:15 am Philippine time, unfortunately 2 days late due to
slight technical difficulties, the Philippines was FINALLY connected to the Internet
via SprintLink. The Philippine router, a Cisco 7000 router was attached via the
services of PLDT and Sprint communications to SprintLink's router at Stockton Ca.
The gateway to the world for the Philippines will be via NASA Ames Research
Center. For now, a 64K serial link is the information highway to the rest of the
Internet world.’”
5. A Timeline of Philippine Internet
• March 29, 1994, 10:18 a.m.: "We're in" Dr. John Brule, a Professor
Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Syracuse
University, announced at The First International E-Mail Conference at the
University of San Carlos in Talamban, Cebu, signifying that Philnet's 64
kbit/s connection was live. (Guerrero, 2014)
This was how the internet emerged in the Philippines. From online groups, to
attempts to a university communication network, the internet has finally
opened our access to all countries and technologies. This is what
happened before Facebook, Instagram and Twitter arrived.
SOURCE: Guerrero, Alora. “#20PHnet: A timeline of Philippine Internet”.
https://ph.news.yahoo.com/timeline-philippine-internet-20th-anniversary-225454753.html.October 2, 2014.
6. A Timeline of Philippine Internet
• March 29, 1994, 10:18 a.m.: "We're in" Dr. John Brule, a Professor
Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Syracuse
University, announced at The First International E-Mail Conference at the
University of San Carlos in Talamban, Cebu, signifying that Philnet's 64
kbit/s connection was live. (Guerrero, 2014)
This was how the internet emerged in the Philippines. From online groups, to
attempts to a university communication network, the internet has finally
opened our access to all countries and technologies. This is what
happened before Facebook, Instagram and Twitter arrived.
SOURCE: Guerrero, Alora. “#20PHnet: A timeline of Philippine Internet”.
https://ph.news.yahoo.com/timeline-philippine-internet-20th-anniversary-225454753.html.October 2, 2014.
