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Title: Facilitate Fast


1
Facilitate Fast Self-propelledReturn To
Society
  • Onno W. Purbo
  • Onno_at_indo.net.id
  • A Common Indonesian

2
References
  • http//sandbox.bellanet.org/onno/
  • http//www.apjii.or.id/onno/
  • Mailing List
  • wifi4d_at_dgroups.org

3
Disclaimer ..
  • I am a trained Engineer, not an economist nor a
    social scientist
  • I tend to simplify things may be wrong
  • Some thought may be too extreme
  • Consider this as an on going research work

4
Acknowledgment ..
  • Thank you CERN IDRC
  • Thank you to my friends Basuki Suhardiman, Donny
    BU, Bona, Donny, Adi, Noor etc .. Who
    _voluntarily_ work hard to help the community.

5
Basic Prinsiples
  • Consume ?Produce
  • Supply Driven ?Demand Driven
  • Public ?Private
  • Community / Mass Education is the key strategic
    element.

6
Lots of stories in Indonesia ..
  • Conglomerates economy collapse ..
  • Leaving US billion debt corrupt govt
  • Informal sector SME based economy
  • ICT speeds up transactions knowledge sharing

7
After 10 Years
  • 4 Million Indonesian Internet Users
  • 2500 WiFi outdoor installations
  • 2000 CyberCafes
  • 1500 schools on the Internet
  • 1000 Community Radio
  • Not much govt funding support
  • No World Bank, no IMF funding
  • Mostly self-finance

8
Keywords for Success
  • Education! Education! Education ..
  • Encourage knowledge producer
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • To Make Things Difficult
  • No Money, Self-Finance ..
  • Sustainable Process
  • Bottom up
  • Community based Development

9
Some Real Examples
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The solution should ..
  • Focus on Self-finance Sustainable Access
    (Infrastructure).
  • Applications may run on top of it.
  • Aim for highest impact at lowest possible
    overhead if possible self-finance sustainable
    processes.

11
Guerrilla Telco Warfare ..
  • Basic Strategies
  • Community Education! Education! knowledge
    transfer, copyleft.
  • Go for many small but interconnected network.
  • Self-finance, sustainable ? independent community
    based telecommunication infrastructure.
  • Dont worry itll take 10 years to see the
    impact ..

12
Grass Root Movement
13
Community Based WiFi VoIP Infrastructure
14
Two (2) Main Technologies
  • WiFi for outdoor usage!
  • VoIP

15
Main Features
  • Low Cost
  • US150-200 / WiFi node.
  • US10-50 / phone line (dep on config)
  • Operating cost US400/16-60 line/ month
  • Many Open Source

16
Education is Key!
17
Comp. Lab. For Street Kids
  • Source
  • Donny BU
  • dbu_at_ictwatch.com

18
Used Equipments
19
Children Happy
20
We do more ..
  • Give free talks on Internet in schools
  • Currently 1500 schools on Internet
  • 24.000 high schools in Indonesia
  • Mostly Self-Finance
  • Some support Vocational School Director MoE
  • Investment US2000-US4000/school
  • 50 cents/student/month RoI 1 Year
  • Movement for WiFi City WAN for School in 5
    Cities.
  • We are looking at million Indonesian Future
    Generation ICT Literate
  • Self-Finance

21
Cost .
  • 24 Hour Connected to the Internet
  • Ref http//sandbox.bellanet.org/onno/
  • Neighborhood Net Infrastructure
  • Investment US80-100/house
  • Operating US15-30/house/month
  • VoIP Infrastructure
  • US25-35/handset vs. US1000/handset by Telco.
  • Operating US15-25/month unlimited (including
    unlimited long distance calls)

22
The Big Picture
23
Knowledge Cycle
24
How?
  • Free distribution in CDROM
  • Free copy of Harddrive 5Gbyte
  • Join 100 Internet mailing lists
  • 600 e-mails / day
  • Publish 40 Title of Books
  • Give talks, seminars, workshops
  • 3-4 talks / week, 2-3 cities / week.

25
Tacit Knowledge Sharing
  • Facilitate Generation Local Knowledge
  • Supply Created by Demand
  • The beauty
  • No Prior Content / Knowledge
  • Incidentally Create Local Content/Knowledge
  • Massive Community Education process
  • All self-finance process

26
Supply CreatedBy Demand
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What you can do ..
  • Education! Education! Education ..
  • Encourage knowledge producer in local lang.
  • Facilitate Knowledge Sharing
  • Replication Scaling up process through
    word-of-mouth / tacit knowledge exchange.
  • Make Sure Stop Govt Repressive Actions
  • Liberate community radios TV
  • Liberate WiFi bands VoIP for community
    infrastructure.
  • Note that most implementation operations may be
    community based self-finance

28
The catch ..
  • Partnership with Informal (sometimes underground)
    Visionary Leaders in the country / area.
  • WARNING It would be difficult to find one
    through formal channels.
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