The Philippine Data Communications Grid (Part III): Domestic Backbone Topology and Route Diversity
By Cliff Potts CSO and Editor-in-Chief, WPS News B.S., Telecommunications Management Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — Tuesday, April 14, 2026 (12:35 p.m. Philippine Time) Why backbone topology is the real network For national-scale networks, the backbone is the system. Everything else—access, mobile radio, consumer speed—rides on the assumptions baked into backbone topology. When backbone…











