Editing .ph (section)

==History==
===Birth of the .ph registry===
In 1989, Joel Disini founded the Email Company (EMC), one of the earliest Internet service providers in the Philippines.<ref name="phdf-news">Garcia, Jing (July 1, 2001). "A Day In The Life Of Joel Disini", ''Manila Standard'' Business Sunday column. Quoted in full at the [http://www.phdf.org.ph/news/07012001.html PH Domain Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060105/http://www.phdf.org.ph/news/07012001.html |date=September 21, 2013 }} website. Retrieved on May 30, 2008.</ref><ref name="cargonews">Mallari, Rene (July 1, 2000). [http://www.cargonewsasia.com/timesnet/data/ab/docs/ab2462.html "Doing It Hard"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512050650/http://www.cargonewsasia.com/timesnet/data/ab/docs/ab2462.html |date=May 12, 2013 }}, ''Cargonews Asia''. Retrieved on May 31, 2008.</ref> At that time most networks (including EMC) were connected to the Internet via [[UUCP]]. Disini's network had a UUCP connection to [[UUNET]]. This network connection, along with Disini's credentials as a Computer Science and Electrical Engineering graduate of Caltech and five-year experience in Macintosh Networking & Communications software development in Cupertino, California, became Jon Postel's basis for delegating the .ph domain to him.<ref name="jed-i-ph-winthrop" /> The .ph country code top-level domain was officially delegated on September 14, 1990.<ref name="ph-whois" /> Since then, .ph domains have been commercially available to the public.<ref name="phildac-whitepaper" /><ref>[http://www.emc.com.ph/profile.html "EMC Company Profile"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726113511/http://www.emc.com.ph/profile.html |date=July 26, 2009 }}, ''EMC website''. Retrieved on May 31, 2008.</ref>

In 1994, the PHNET wide-area network, a project funded by [[Department of Science and Technology (Philippines)|DOST]], completed its development and was able to connect the Philippines to the rest of the world by establishing TCP/IP connections to the U.S. using 64&nbsp;kbit/s international leased lines.<ref>[http://www.ph.net/about.htm PHNET's history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193032/http://www.ph.net/about.htm |date=March 3, 2016 }}, ''Philippine Network Foundation, Inc. website''. Retrieved on May 30, 2008.</ref>

At this point, the PHNET Foundation wanted to take over the administration of the .ph domain registry. Protracted negotiations took place, and eventually the responsibility of administrating the .edu.ph and .gov.ph domains were transferred to the PHNET Foundation and the Department of Science and Technology, respectively.<ref name="phildac-whitepaper"/>

At that time domain fees ranged from Php 450 to Php 1,350.<ref name="phildac-whitepaper" /> Domains registered during this period had no expiration and therefore had no renewal rates, thus the label lifetime domains.<ref name="lifetime-domains">[http://www.dot.ph/LifetimeDomains.asp "Manage Lifetime Domains"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008030154/http://www.dot.ph/LifetimeDomains.asp |date=October 8, 2011 }}, "dotPH website". Retrieved on May 31, 2008.</ref> However, a fee was charged for modifications to these domains. Lifetime domains were non-transferable, and were only valid for the lifetime of the original Registrant.

===PH Domain Foundation and dotPH===
In August 1999 Disini and the technical people at EMC formed the PH Domain Foundation. It sought to promote the Internet and free unlimited email services in rural areas.<ref name="phdf-profile"/> It also took charge of the domain selling business<ref>Lewel, John (September 9, 1999). [http://asia.internet.com/news/print.php/652281 "Philippine Domain Registry Adopts Quicker Policy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209123838/http://asia.internet.com/news/print.php/652281 |date=February 9, 2019 }}, ''asia.internet.com''. Retrieved on May 31, 2008.</ref> and the management of the .ph domain registry.<ref name="ph-whois"/>

On October 1, 1999, the PH Domain Foundation launched a fully automated online system for domain registration. It also launched a flat .ph domain space, enabling people to register domains like "<code>domainname.ph</code>".<ref name="web-dot-com">"PH Domain Foundation launches flat domain space, automated registration", ''Manila Bulletin'', October 21, 1999. Quoted in full on Internet Toolbox Vol. 11, November 1–15, 1999 series at the ''Web Dot Com Website Development Philippines'' site ([https://web.archive.org/web/20010526202457/http://www.webdc.com.ph/toolbox/November1-15.htm Web Archive copy]). Retrieved on May 31, 2008.</ref><ref name="asia-internet-com-flat-ph">Rajendran, Joseph (October 20, 1999). [http://asia.internet.com/news/article.php/642621/DotPH+Introduces+Flat+Domain+Names+.htm "DotPH Introduces Flat Domain Names"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124032/http://asia.internet.com/news/article.php/642621/DotPH+Introduces+Flat+Domain+Names+.htm |date=February 9, 2019 }}, ''asia.internet.com''. Retrieved on May 31, 2008.</ref> Lifetime domain registration was halted, and all domains registered after October 1 subsequently carried expiration dates. These domain owners had to pay a fee to renew their domains.<ref name="lifetime-domains" />

At around this period, the "for-profit" business and technical side of the PH Domain Foundation became identified as dotPH. Activities related to domains and the business were now attributed to dotPH, such as the resolution on the dispute between Yahoo! Philippines and another Philippine company,<ref>"[http://www.greatdomains.com/us/news/1840/Yet-Another-Yahoo-Dispute/ Yet Another Yahoo! Dispute: Yahoo! Philippines wins dispute against local company]", ''Financial Times Limited'', May 22, 2001. Retrieved on January 2, 2014.</ref> the launching of the automated online registration system,<ref name="asia-internet-com-flat-ph" /> and even the administration of the .ph domain registry itself. To this day, dotPH is the official domain registry of the Philippines.<ref name="dotPH-website"/>