Region I Internet Report

Wilson L. ChuaBitstop Inc.

Outline

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

Map of the Region

Pangasinan La Union Ilocos Sur Ilocos Norte

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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Region I Census 2000

    Ilocos Norte     Ilocos Sur     La Union     Pangasinan

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

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%

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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School Internet

Dialup Internet

Most Popular Method of Accessing Internet

From Schools From Dialups From DSL/Broadband

Region I Average / hour Charges

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

Circuit Charge per KM

Via DSL, approximately 2,500 within 5kms Via LL/FR, approximately 10K-15K per

128kbps of bandwidth (with LECs)

Internet Related Legislation

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

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

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

% of Schools with Internet

College/Tertiary Levels– 80% High School—10% Elementary-0.0%

E-Learning Programs

PSU—Keystone Online Courses Lyceum Northwestern Univ– In process Macro College—Keystone Online Courses Northwestern University-Keystone Online

Courses

Region Wide Initiatives

IPv6 Bitstop and ASTI schools MMSU, DMMSU

Public for-free Peering with Bitstop NIX

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

Finished

Thank You