Benjamin Tan, who connected Philippines to internet for the first time 25 years ago, dies of cancer

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 St. Luke’s Medical Center. Tan had been hospitalised three times this year for pneumonia […] The post Benjamin Tan, who connected Philippines to internet for the first time 25 years ago, dies of cancer appeared first on e27.