Comments on: 12 Years of Internet in the Philippines

By: Long

Long — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:56:57 +0000

Yes it was 1994. There were informal ways before but the formal connection was done through a local consortium, forgot the name but i think the holder of the .ph was one of that. It was a group of academe (AdMU), government agencies, like DOST and DTI among others. The initial test was not tha tinteresting as it was just like a BBC. Then the web browsers came (Netscape). I was working in DTI- IT then so we were part of the first group that were given access. In fact my first website was done 1995….

By: Ichigo

Ichigo — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:15:56 +0000

I think it’s on MAy 1994 that the internet here at the Philippines occured..

By: Lloyd Pino

Lloyd Pino — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:54:22 +0000

Wow!!!!! That long? Thanks for the info guys… Well, my first stint on internet was i think 1995… On a 386 machine. My first e-mail then was Edsa Mail; what ever happened to them? Then of course Yahoo. I don’t seem to remember the server, but, hey! Now is DSL and Broadband!!!!

By: the internet’s existence in the philippines « ~curly thoughts~

the internet’s existence in the philippines « ~curly thoughts~ — Sun, 20 May 2007 03:46:25 +0000

[...] know that the internet has been existing in the Philippines for 13 years now. I just came across Yuga’s blog entry posted last year and everyone’s been posting and commenting how long they’ve been using [...]

By: Dj Ash 1983

Dj Ash 1983 — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:39:52 +0000

Hmm….. never thought the internet started in 1994. My first taste of surfing the web was the time I’m in 2nd year high school…. that was way back in 1997. I’m using netscape that time.

Oh yeah, I’m making a term paper for our english class. This article helps me a lot, so I give my thanks to the blogger.

Umm…. can you guys help me find websites regarding internet cafe history in the philippines? Thanks in advance.

By: noemid

noemid — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:34:46 +0000

I didn't even know it started 12 years ago. I started in 1995 so that means my online existence is 11 years. I wrote about it here Speaking of Ateneo, I am so disappointed that their computer technology is not in par with other top schools like UP and La Salle. I pay so much tuition (at least 50thousand a sem) for my daughter and still they haven't fixed their online registration. Buti pa ang UP, they enlist online and just go to school to pay their tuition (only 6-7th a sem).

By: yuga

yuga — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:47:53 +0000

My first 5 years experience with the internet was exclusive to the confines of AdMU. My first IM was ICQ, my first email was Yahoo, and IRC was the best place to download mp3 for the ubercool WinAmp. Uy, Sonique player rocks too!

By: jobert

jobert — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:16:14 +0000

I remember PC Magazine’s BBS site years ago. That was around 1992 or so witha 14.4kpbs dial up modem . Although I guess everyone jumped on the wagon with those 33or so kbpses…

As for the internet here…. hmmm… that was around 1994 or 95? No wait… that was before Windows 95 so I’d say 94. I remember downloading Win95 from Webquest. Wow. 12 years…

I forgot the ISP it was Phil something… Afterwards, I used Webquest, Infocom then Pacific.

By: It’s hip2b2 » Blog Archive » My Personal Look at the Evolution of the Internet in the Ateneo: After 12 Years of Philippine Internet

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:34:29 +0000

[...] Anyway, I got hit by a bit of nostalgia after reading the postings of Migs and Yuga. So, I will add a bit of my own. [...]

By: Horatio B. Bogbindero

Horatio B. Bogbindero — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:42:23 +0000

Interestingly enough. The Ateneo (among) many other schools were one of the first to get Internet access. Of course, the original one was email relaying via dial-up to an Australian University with an Internet pipe at that time.

Of course, the hardware of the time was mostly DOST-donated DEC Alpha machines (Balut, Pusit, etc …) running OSF Unix. Open source software packages being used at that time were Sendmail, Bind, wu-ftpd and Apache. Of course, as yuga mentions, the not-so-open-source pine email client.

By: jhay

jhay — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:48:59 +0000

12 yrs na pala ang internet sa Pinas. Honestly, ngayon ko lang nalaman ito.

By: jangelo

jangelo — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:36:11 +0000

Check out yet another one of my blasts from the past:

http://jangelo.i.ph/blogs/jangelo/index.php?item=blast-from-the-past-the-alpha-centauri-web-pages

By: Migs

Migs — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:57:39 +0000

In 1995, Yahoo was a directory, and MSN was not on the Internet – Microsoft wanted to build its own online service, much like AOL and Compuserve at that time.

For a search index, the players at that time were AltaVista, Lycos, and maybe Excite.

I’ll be doing more reminiscing on my blog about pieces of Internet history that have never been published. Some bits came out in the recent PLUG thread, The Role of Linux/Open Source in Bringing Internet to the Philippines.