The document outlines a timeline of the history of the internet in the Philippines from its early initiatives in 1986 to significant milestones up to 2014. Key developments include the establishment of the first public access bulletin board system, the creation of the PhilNet project that connected the Philippines to the World Wide Web, and the rapid growth of internet users and services. It also notes the controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 and subsequent developments in internet speed and access.

1. History of the Philippine
In
ternet
By: Cherisse Yao
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2. A Timeline of Philippine Internet
Based on YAHOO! NEWS article by Alora Uy Guerrero
(https://ph.news.yahoo.com/timeline-philippine-internet-20th-anniversary-225454753.html)
1992
• William
“Bill”
Torres,
current
chief
execu7ve
of
the
Philippine
Internet
Service
Organiza7on
(PISO),
ini7ated
the
first
informal
nego7a7ons
with
the
US
Na7onal
Science
Founda7on
to
bring
the
Internet
to
the
Philippines.
1986 • The
first
Philippine-­‐based,
Public
access
BBS
[bulle7n
board
system],
First-­‐
Fil
RBBS
went
o n l i n e
wi t h
a n
a n n u a l
subscrip7on
fee
of
P1000.
1987
• The
Philippine
FidoNet
Exchange,
a
l o c a l
n e t w o r k
f o r
communica7on
between
several
BBSes
in
Metro
Manila,
was
formed.
1990
• A
commiUee
helmed
by
Arnie
del
Rosario
of
the
Ateneo
Computer
Technology
Center
was
tasked
with
exploring
the
possibility
of
crea7ng
an
academic
network
comprised
of
universi7es
and
government
ins7tu7ons
by
the
Na7onal
Computer
Center
under
Dr.
William
Torres.
1993
• June
1993,
With
the
support
of
the
Department
of
Science
and
Technology
(DOST)
and
the
Industrial
Research
Founda7on,
The
Philnet
project
(now
PHNET)
was
born.
• 3
representa7ves
from
Ateneo,
DLSU
and
UP
played
a
role
in
connec7ng
the
Philippines
to
the
world
wide
web.

3. 1993 • An
1994
first
year’s
running
cost
was
awarded
by
the
DOST
to
buy
e q u i p m e n t
a n d
l e a s e
communica7on
lines
to
kickstart
the
second
phase!
• On
Addi7onal
P12.5M
grant
for
the
March
29,1994
at
exactly
1:15
am
(PH
7me),
the
router
(Cisco
7000)
tha t
connected
the
Philippines
to
the
Internet
was
switched
on!
• B i l l
T o r r e s
b e c a m e
t h e
“Grandfather
of
Philippine
Internet”
• PHILIPPINE
INTERNET
WAS
BORN
• “We’re
In.”
Dr.
John
Brule,
a
Professor
in
Syracuse
University,
announced
at
his
first
Interna7onal
E-­‐mail
conference
at
the
University
of
San
Carlos
in
Talamban,
Cebu
with
the
64
Kbit/s
connec7on.
• July
1993,
Phase
one
of
the
1993 Philnet
project
shiied
into
full
gear
aier
receiving
funding
from
the
DOST.
• It
proved
to
be
successful,
as
s t u d e n t s
f rom
p a r t n e r
universi7es
were
able
to
sent
emails
through
the
internet
by
rou7ng
them
through
Philnet’s
gateway
at
ADMU
which
was
connected
to
Victoria
University
of
Technology
in
Australia.
• SMART
Telecommunica7on
2006 introduced
“Smart
3G”,
the
first
in
the
Philippines.

4. 2010
• 29.8
Million
Internet
Users
in
the
Philippines
• Phi l ippines
named
2011 Social
Networking
capital
of
the
world
with
a
percentage
of
93.9
for
Facebook
alone.
(Based
on
a
research
by
24/7
Wall
St.
Blog)
2012
• The
Cybercrime
PrevenDon
Act
of
2012
was
officially
recorded
as
Republic
Act.
No
10175
on
September
12,2012.
• This
created
many
online
s7rs
and
havoc
because
of
the
poten7al
affect
on
freedom
of
expression,
speech
and
date
security
in
the
Philippines.
• It
was
issued
a
temporary
r e s t r a ining
or d e r
whi c h
eventually
led
to
its
removal
on
Feb
18,2014.
• The
Introduc7on
of
PLDT’s
FIBR
2013 s e r v i c e .
Wh i c h
p rovi d e s
connec7on
speeds
of
up
to
100mpbs.
• Hello
to
the
20TH
YEAR
OF
2014 I N TERNET
HERE
I N
THE
PHILIPPINES!
• SMART
offers
FREE
INTERNET
to
prepaid
users.

5. Sources:
• https://ph.news.yahoo.com/timeline-philippine-internet-20th-anniversary-225454753.html
• http://www.gov.ph/2012/09/12/republic-act-no-10175/
• http://www.internetsociety.org/articles/internet-philippines-20-years
• http://247wallst.com/technology-3/2011/05/09/the-ten-nations-where-facebook-rules-the-internet/#
ixzz1MLcQIloj