History of Internet in Colombia

Introduction
The first approximation to internet made by Colombia was in 1988 with the creation of RDUA, a local network, by University of the Andes, Colombia, then in 1994 the same university is entrusted by a group of other Colombian universities and some government agencies to become the first Internet Service Provider in the country, on June 4, 1994, the first signal coming from Homestead, FL was received, this signal was sent through IMPSAT satellite service to a hill in Bogota (Cerro de Suba), then redirected to Bogota's tallest building (Torre Colpatria) and finally to the university campus .
 
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