To all those who had been following the PhilNet developments, I have one more
thing to say :
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.
As to domestic connections, the following institutions will be the initial
points of regional presence within the archepelago :
Ateneo de Manila University
Advanced Science and Technology Institute
De La Salle University
UP Diliman
UP Los Banos
UP Manila
University of San Carlos, Cebu
University of Sto. Tomas
St. Louis University, Baguio
Xavier University, Cagayan
As of the moment, we are still waiting for the official autonomous system
number and domain name, PhilNet.Net, for the Philippines. Upon receipt of that
information, the Cisco 7000 router will be fully configured so that full
look-up services can be done locally. This process should not be much longer.
For all those who had provided encouragement and kind words of support,
maraming salamat sa inyong lahat.
Hangang sa ating muling pag-kikita,
Benjie Tan bt...@ciomail.cisco.com
Computer Network Systems Corp. Philippines
As much as I hate to admit my ignorance, I would like to request
someone - maybe Benjie, Aimee, or whoever else - to write a short
review of the definitive status of the network connectivity of the
Philippines. In my experience in the BGN and in STAC-San Francisco,
there seems to be a lack of awareness of what is going on
in these efforts. Who are the players? What type of connections
are really available and what other projects are going on.
We can use the BGN to help out by getting other networking
and communications experts. Maybe even financiers. Who knows?
So any one going to work on this report. WE can get it
printed in the STAC reports, Phil News and also Manila
newspapers.
Thanks,
paco
[Also posted to STACnet PSG]
I have just returned from the Electronic Mail Conference (March 27th-29th)
at University Of San Carlos, Talamban campus, Cebu during which PhilNet,
the Philippine backbone Internet, went internationally "live" with a
successful telnet login into MIT from that site.
A summary from my notes follows. Any typos or minor factual errors
are mine:
The central hub router based at PLDT in Ortegas is connected to a 64 kbps
international leased line and is active. From the central hub 64kbps leased
lines will go to (currently) 9 sites ("Primary nodes") in a star
pattern :
De La Salle University - active
Ateneo - active
Univ. of San Carlos, Cebu - active
Univ. of Philippines, Diliman - some line problems at present,
was due up March 28th
Univ. of Philippines, Los Banos - ?
San Louis University, Baguio - ?
Univ. of San Tomas - 15th April
St. Xavier - May 9th
Department of Science and Technology - ?
The so called primary nodes will be able to provide accounts for their own
organisations but also have a contractual obligation to provide dial-up
or leased line access to so called "secondary nodes". Secondary nodes
may be individuals, commercial, government or academic organisations.
The indicative pricing for individuals is 300 Pesos/month.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is the originator of the
project and has provided funding for at least one year's operation. The
actual organisation charged with starting up the project is the
Industrial Research Foundation, a private body dedicated to closer links
between industry, government and academe. This has put together a
non-profit foundation, Philnet, Inc. which will be responsible for overall
administration and capital investment in the backbone. The Project
Administrator of Philnet is Dr. Rodolfo Villerica, who could be considered
as a major candidate for "Father of the Philippine Internet". The whole
project is ahead of schedule and a tribute to the hard work of a number
of individuals and to a very high degree of co-operation between the various
bodies and universities.
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