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Region I Internet Report

Region I Internet Report. Wilson L. Chua Bitstop 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.

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Region I Internet Report

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  1. Region I Internet Report Wilson L. ChuaBitstop Inc.

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

  3. Map of the Region • Pangasinan • La Union • Ilocos Sur • Ilocos Norte

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Results of Survey

  7. Estimated Internet Penetration

  8. Most Popular Method of Accessing Internet • From Schools • From Dialups • From DSL/Broadband

  9. Region I Average / hour Charges • 9.99 /hour • Ranges from 45/hour to as low as 1.53/hour

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

  11. Internet Related Legislation • Pangasinan, Yes, but not enforced • La Union, Yes and enforced • Ilocos, No legislation

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. % of Schools with Internet • College/Tertiary Levels– 80% • High School—10% • Elementary-0.0%

  15. E-Learning Programs • PSU—Keystone Online Courses • Lyceum Northwestern Univ– In process • Macro College—Keystone Online Courses • Northwestern University-Keystone Online Courses

  16. Region Wide Initiatives • IPv6 Bitstop and ASTI schools MMSU, DMMSU • Public for-free Peering with Bitstop NIX

  17. 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

  18. Finished • Thank You

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