History of media

1. Media &
Information
Literacy
TIMELINE OF
INTERNET
IN THE
PHILIPPINES

2. 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.
INTERNET

3. Internet in the Philippines first became available on
March 29, 1994, with the Philippine Network
Foundation (PHNet) connecting the country and
its people to Sprint in the United States via a 64
kbit/s link. As of 2016, more than 44,000,000 people
used the internet in the country, accounting for
43.5% of the total population
Internet in the Philippine
History

4. A year after the connection, The Public
Telecommunications Act of the Philippines
was made into law. Securing a franchise is now
optional for value-added service providers. This
law enabled many other organizations to
establish connections to the Internet, to create
Web sites and have their own Internet services
or provide Internet service and access to others.

5. However the growth of the Internet in the
Philippines was hindered by many obstacles
including
• unequal distribution of Internet
infrastructure throughout the
country, its cost and corruption in the
government.
But these obstacles did not altogether halt
all the developments.

6. The Cybercrime Prevention Act of
2012, codified as Republic Act No.
10175,
criminalized cybersquatting, cybersex,
child pornography, identity theft, illegal
access to data and libel. The act has been
criticized for its provision on criminalizing
libel, which is perceived to be a curtailment
in freedom of expression

7. After several petitions submitted to
the Supreme Court of the Philippines
questioned the constitutionality of
the Act,[8] the Supreme Court issued
a temporary restraining order on
October 9, 2012, stopping
implementation of the Act for 120
days

14. The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012,
codified ...
• A Magna Carta for Philippine Internet
Freedom was filed in the Philippine
legislature in 2013 to, among others, repeal
Republic Act No. 10175.
• The Implementing Rules and Regulations
of Republic Act No 10175 were
promulgated on August 12, 2015

23. The early history of the Internet in the
Philippines started with the establishment of
Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) by computer
hobbyist and enthusiast. They were able to
link their BBS’s using a dial-up connection
protocol enabling them to participate in
discussion forums, send messages and share
files.
Timeline

24. Establishment of first BBS in the Philippines, Star
BBS was formed by Efren Tercias and James
Chua of Wordtext Systems.
Fox BBS was operated by Johnson
Sumpio. First-Fil RBBS a public-access
BBS went online with an annual
subscription fee of P1,000.
1986

25. The Philippine FidoNet
Exchange, a local network for
communication between
several BBSes in Metro Manila,
was formed.
1987

26. 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.
1990

27. 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.
1991-1993

28. 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 would
eventually play a significant role in connecting the
Philippines to the global Internet
June 1993

29. An additional P12.5-million grant for the first year's
running cost was awarded by the DOST to buy
equipment and lease communication lines
needed to kickstart the second phase of Philnet,
now led by Dr. Rudy Villarica.
November 1993

30. Benjie Tan, who was working for ComNet, a company
that supplied Cisco routers to the Philnet project,
established the Philippine's first connection to the
Internet at a PLDT network center in Makati City.
Shortly thereafter, he posted a short message to the
Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.filipino to alert Filipinos
overseas that a link had been made
March 29, 1994, 1:15 a.m

33. 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."

34. 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.