Region I Internet Report

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Region I Internet Report

• Wilson L. ChuaBitstop Inc.

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Outline

• Population circa 2000
• Internet Penetration
• Facilities, Rates
• Laws and Regulations
• Ecommerce Initiatives
• Bridging Digital Divide

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Map of the Region

• Pangasinan
• La Union
• Ilocos Sur
• Ilocos Norte

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Region I Census Circa 2000

• Growth rate of 2.15
• Average Household size of 5.05 persons
• Median Age is 22 yrs Old
• 101 males to every 100 females
• 8 in 10 are Roman Catholics
• 61.75 of OCWs are females

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Estimating Internet Penetration

• Do Random Telephone Survey
• Get of People with Telephone and Internet
• Apply against Census total Data
• Add Student Population from Schools with Internet
  Access
• Sum Dialup Users Students

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Results of Survey
Telephone Survey w/ PC w/ Internet Total Called
La Union 17 10 39
Pangasinan 20 7 60
total 37 17 99
37.37 17.17
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Estimated Internet Penetration
Dialup Internet School Internet Totals of Pop
    Ilocos Norte 2,680 17,000 19,680 18.40
    Ilocos Sur 3,076 12,000 15,076 12.65
    La Union 3,392 17,800 21,192 16.61
    Pangasinan 10,744 60,400 71,144 14.89
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Most Popular Method of Accessing Internet

• From Schools
• From Dialups
• From DSL/Broadband

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Region I Average / hour Charges

• 9.99 /hour
• Ranges from 45/hour to as low as 1.53/hour

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Circuit Charge per KM

• Via DSL, approximately 2,500 within 5kms
• Via LL/FR, approximately 10K-15K per 128kbps of
  bandwidth (with LECs)

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Internet Related Legislation

• Pangasinan, Yes, but not enforced
• La Union, Yes and enforced
• Ilocos, No legislation

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Ecommerce Initiatives

• Mostly Stage I---Website for Provincial and LGUs.
• Online Payment System for Dagupan City Govt
• Ongoing Project at BOC , SFLU
• Planned Barangay Level Internet Access, SFLU

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Internet Banking in Region I

• BPI- Acct Mgmt, transfer Funds, Bills Payment,
  Stock Transactions
• UCPB- Acct Mgmt, Transfer Funds, Bills Payment
• Metrobank-Acct Mgmt, Transfer Funds, Bills
  Payment, order checks
• UnionBank-Secure.Pay, Internet Banking
• Equitable PCI- Internet Banking

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of Schools with Internet

• College/Tertiary Levels 80
• High School10
• Elementary-0.0

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E-Learning Programs

• PSUKeystone Online Courses
• Lyceum Northwestern Univ In process
• Macro CollegeKeystone Online Courses
• Northwestern University-Keystone Online Courses

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Region Wide Initiatives

• IPv6 Bitstop and ASTI schools MMSU, DMMSU
• Public for-free Peering with Bitstop NIX

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Bridging Digital Divide

• Tax Incentives for Corporations
• Infrastructure investments
• Employee IT purchases
• Allow Full Internet competition
• Allow ISPs to compete with Telcos on VOIP
• Allow ISPs to own last mile infrastructure
• Require IT Certification in lieu of Board Exams
• New Technology, New Devices
• RDP, TC-IDE, GPRS/GSM

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Finished

• Thank You