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    DE GUZMAN, J.R. T.

    CPE 505 - CPE51FA2

    SOCIAL ISSUES:
    Digital Divide
    The Digital Divide are a set of divisions in humanity or more specifically in a country based
    on the use or lack of use of the Internet and Digital Technology. These set of divisions can be
    grouped into three and often can be related to one another. Before we proceed it should be noted
    that these groupings are not clear cut and there are exceptions.

    SCENARIO : Digital divide persists after 18 years of Philippine Internet


    In a blog post back in February, technology enthusiast Jim Ayson narrated that his 2001
    piece for the Philippine Daily Inquirer paper narrated how ComNet engineer Benjie Tan made the
    countrys first connection to the Internet 18 years ago.
    Aysons decade-old article told of how Tan single-handedly hooked the Philippines up to the
    Internet that night when he installed the necessary router that would link the Philippine Long
    Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) to the Sprint network in California.
    Once he had successfully connected the two networks and, subsequently, the Philippines to
    the Internet Tan reportedly posted the following message to the soc.culture.filipino newsgroup
    at Usenet, consider the precursor to message boards and social networking sites today:
    DIALOGUE:
    TAN: As of March 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.
    TAN: The Philippine router, a Cisco 7000 router was attached via the services of PLDT
    and Sprint communications to SprintLinks router at Stockton Ca.
    But despite being one of the earlier ones to hook up to the Internet, it seems the Philippines has
    not made so much headways in terms of giving most Filipinos access to it, creating the so-called
    digital divide which has plagued many emerging economies since the dawn of computers and
    the Internet.
    In fact, according to the Yahoo!-Nielsen Net Index 2011, Internet penetration in the country has
    remained stagnant at 30 percent in the last three years, growing only in major urban centers such
    as Metro Manila, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao.
    18 years on, most Filipinos still have no access to the Internet, which has already been deemed
    a human right by the United Nations. In fact, Internet penetration has been steadily declining in
    Mindanao since 2009.
    The now-defunct Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) had
    vowed through its Philippine Digital Strategy (PDS) to provide universal Internet access to all
    Filipinos.
    However, with the shelving of the CICT and the subsequent junking for the PDS, the future of the
    Internet in the Philippines remains a question no one in government is willing to answer.
    AYSON: The question is, is anyone still counting? Todays Internet is as much a necessary
    a household utility as power and water that we have taken it for granted.

    REFERENCE: http://pandisl.blogspot.com/

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