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 01 1986 Establishment of first
BBS in the Philippines

1987 The Philippine FidoNet

02

Table of 03
1990 The National Computer
Center, led by Dr. William
Torres

Cont en ts
04 1991 The emergence of email
gateways and services

05 1992 William “Bill” Torres,

current chief executive of
the Philippine Internet
Service Organization

06 1993 & 1994

What is Internet?

 Internet
The Internet is a global network of billions of computers and other
electronic devices. With the Internet, it's possible to access almost any
information, communicate with anyone else in the world, and do much
more. You can do all of this by connecting a computer to the Internet,
which is also called going online.

It's important to realize that the Internet is a global network of

physical cables, which can include copper telephone wires, TV
cables, and fiber optic cables. Even wireless connections like Wi-Fi
and 3G/4G rely on these physical cables to access the Internet.

When you visit a website, your computer sends a request over these
wires to a server.
1986 First-Fil RBBS a public-access
BBS went online with an annual
subscription fee of P1,000. A
precursor to the local online
forum, it ran an open-source
BBS software on an IBM XT
Clone PC with a 1200bit/s
Establishment of first modem and was operated by
Dan Angeles and Ed Castañeda.
BBS in the Philippines
 1987

The Philippine FidoNet Exchange, a local

network for communication between
several BBSes in Metro Manila, was formed.
 1990
A committee helmed by Arnie del Rosario of the Ateneo
Computer Technology Center was tasked with exploring
the possibility of creating an academic network of
universities and government institutions by the National
Computer Center under Dr. William Torres.
Recommendations were made but not implemented.
 1991-1993
The emergence of email gateways and services in the
Philippines, including some from multinational companies
like Intel, Motorola, and Texas Instruments, which used a
direct Internet connection, X.25, or UUCP protocol. Local
firms ETPI, Philcom, and PLDT (Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Company) also operated commercial X.25
networks. Another milestone: Local and international
email to FidoNet users was introduced.
 1993
June 1993:
With the support of the Department of Science
and Technology and the Industrial Research
Foundation, the Philnet project (now PHNET)
was born. The Philnet technical committee,
composed of computer buffs working at the
DOST [MIS (Joseph Andres), PCASTRD (Merl
Opena, Winnefredo Aggabao) and Advanced
Science and Technology Institute (Miguel
Dimayuga)] and representatives from the
Ateneo de Manila University (Richie Lozada and
Arnie del Rosario), De La Salle University (Kelsey
Hartigan-Go), University of the Philippines
Diliman (Rodel Atanacio), University of the
Philippines Los Baños (Alfonso Carandang),
Xavier University (Bombim Cadiz) and St. Louis
University (Ian Generalao); would eventually
play a significant role in connecting the
Philippines to the global Internet.
July 1993:
Phase one of the Philnet project shifted into full
gear after receiving funding from the DOST. It
proved to be successful, as students from partner
universities were able to send emails to the
Internet by routing them through Philnet’s gateway
at the Ateneo de Manila University, which was
connected to another gateway at the Victoria
University of Technology in Australia via IDD Dial-
Up (Hayes Modem).
November 1993:
An additional P12.5-million grant for the first year’s
running cost was awarded by the DOST to buy
equipment, it is led by Dr. Rudy Villarica.
 1994
March 1994 March 29, 1994

A company that supplied Cisco routers to

the Philnet project established the
Philippines' first connection to the Internet
at a PLDT network center in Makati City.
Soon after, Benjie Tan wrote a brief
message to the Usenet newsgroup
A Syracuse University Professor Emeritus in Electrical
and Computer Engineering, declared during the First
International E-Mail Conference at the University of San
Carlos in Talamban, Cebu, that Philnet's 64 kbit/s
connection was live.

soc.culture.Filipino, informing Filipinos

living abroad that a link had been
established. The Philippines was finally
linked to the Internet via SprintLink. The
Philippine router, a Cisco 7000 router, was
linked to SprintLink's router in Stockton,
California, using PLDT and Sprint
communications service, The NASA Ames
Research Center will be the Philippines'
doorway to the rest of the globe. For the
time being, the information highway to the
rest of the Internet world is a 64K serial
link.

 Who is Benjie Tan?
A. the engineer who B. Benjamin “Benjie” Tan,
installed the router which the South korean
allowed the nation to go engineer who installed
online for the first time and switched on the
on March 29, 1994 Cisco router that allowed
the South korea to
connect to the Internet
for the first time 28 years
ago, has died. He was 60.
C. he was tasked with
setting up the router at
the GLOBE main office in
Pasay City that would
subsequently make him
the first person in the
Philippines to connect to
the Internet.
 What happen on
March 29, 1994?
A. He died at the age of B. Establish the Smart C. Company that
60 Company supplied Cisco routers to
the Philnet project
established the
Philippines' first
connection to the
Internet at a PLDT
network center in Makati
City.
 What happen on 1990?
A B
A professor ng Emeritus in
electrical and computer
engineering at Syracuse
University announced
“Were in '' during the first
international E-mail
conference at University of
San Carlos Technological
Center in Talamban, Cebu
C
The Philippine FidoNet The Philippine Long
Exchange, a local network Distance Telephone, local
for communication netwiork for
between several BBSes in communication between
Metro Manila, was formed. several BBSes in Metro
Manila, was formed.
 DOST grants 12.5M
because?

A B C
To buy equipment at DOST will distribute Use 12.5M to start 3
least in communication 12.5M in for Elementary, phase of the project in
outlines and to start the JHS, SHS, & College DENR
2nd phase of the project
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