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THE
PHNET
The PhilNET or PHNET is the
Philippines' gateway to the Internet. It
was established through the initiative of
the Department of Science and Technology
(DOST) when it convened in July 1993 a technical
committee to study the setting up of a national
network with a link to the global Internet.
Philnet initially operated on a limited
E-mail facility. Using a dial-up facility
via Australia's Victoria University of Technology
it linked DOST, Ateneo De Manila University
(ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU), and
the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman.
In March 29, 1994, the first Philippine
link to Internet was established during
the First International E-mail Conference
held at the University of San Carlos, Cebu.
Currently,
the PHNET consists of 10 access nodes: DOST,
ADMU, DLSU, UP (Diliman), UP (Los Baņos)
University of Santo Tomas (UST), University
of San Carlos (USC), Cebu; Xavier University
(XU), Cagayan de Oro; and Saint Louis University
(SLU), Baguio; and the Industrial Research
Foundation (IRF). It now serves as the vehicle
through which the library network of various
engineering and science colleges and universities
transmit their online public access catalog
(OPAC) services.
Reprinted
from: The Educators Diary 1997; Phoenix
Publishing House, Inc. 927 Quezon Ave.,
1104, Quezon City, Philippines
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