PUBLISH HW

2. 1986
The first Fil-RBBS went online with an annual subscription fee of P1,000.
It was operated by Dan Angeles and Ed Castaneda.

3. JUNE 1993
The Philnet project was born with the help of Department of Science and
Technology and the Industrial Research Foundation.

4. JULY - NOVEMBER 1993
Phase 1 of Philnet project provided a limited electronic facility
Phase 2 of Philnet project wherein P12.5M was disposed (grant-in-aid)

5. MARCH 29, 1994; 1:15AM
Benjie Tan established the Philippines’ first connection to the internet at a
PLDT network center in Makati.
Shortly after, he posted a short message to alert the Filipinos overseas
saying: "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."

6. MARCH 29, 1994; 10:18AM
"We're in," Dr. John Brule, 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.