PH pioneer of internet in the country, Benjie Tan dies
Dec 29, 2019 · Engineer Benjamin ‘Benjie’ Tan, the first man who linked the Philippines to the internet, passed away at the age of 60 on December 26. Tan’s cause of death was said to be lymphoma, a type of blood cancer that develops from lymphocytes or white blood cells.
Who is Benjamin ‘Benjie’ Tan? - News and Feature
Dec 28, 2019 · Benjamin ‘Benjie’ Tan was working for ComNet, a local supplier of Cisco networking gears when he was assigned to set the router at the PLDT main office in Makati City. This makes the low key engineer the first person to connect the country to the internet.
Benjie Tan, Pinoy engineer who connected PH to Internet, dies at 60
Dec 26, 2019 · Benjamin “Benjie” Tan, the Filipino engineer who installed and switched on the Cisco router that allowed the Philippines to connect to the Internet for the first time 25 years ago, has died.
Engr. Benjamin Tan, Filipino Engineer Who Connects PH To
Dec 28, 2019 · Engr. Benjamin Tan, a pioneered Filipino engineer who installed and switched on the Cisco router that allowed PH to connect to the Internet, has died.
Filipino engineer who connected PH to Internet passes away
Dec 28, 2019 · Filipino engineer Benjamin “Benjie” Tan, who linked the Philippines to the internet, died last Thursday, Dec. 26. The internet pioneer died due to cancer in a lymph node, as per …
PH Internet pioneer Benjie Tan dies - RAPPLER
Dec 27, 2019 · MANILA, Philippines – Benjamin “Benjie” Tan, who connected the Philippines to the Internet 25 years ago, died on Thursday, December 26. He was 60 years old. Tan died due to lymphoma, or...
30 years ago, at 1:15AM, Benjie Tan connected the Philippines to …
Mar 29, 2024 · When he drives up to the PLDT building, the guards on duty were naturally suspicious of this strange Toyota with the trunk open and all this metal hardware sticking out. Luckily Benjie has with him a letter explaining who he was and his assignment.
Benjamin Tan, who connected Philippines to internet for the first …
Dec 27, 2019 · While working for ComNet, he was tasked with setting up the router at the PLDT office, which made him the first person in the Philippines to connect to the Internet
Benjamin Tan, who connected Philippines to internet for the first …
Benjamin “Benjie” Tan, the man who switched on the Cisco router in the Philippines 25 years ago and forever changed the country by connecting it to the Internet, has passed away, Newsbytes.PH reported. Tan succumbed to cancer on Thursday afternoon at …
Celebrating 25 Years of Internet in the Philippines
On March 28, 1994, Benjie Tan flew from Hong Kong to Manila, knowing that the hookup between PLDT and Sprint (the American telecom company) was scheduled to happen that evening. He went to the ComNet office but no one was there.