How To: WiFi, VoIP & OpenSource Onno W. Purbo Sabbatical Leave at IDRC

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

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My current status A Common Indonesian People Not a donor agency Not a government agency Sabbatical Leave at IDRC Used to be Jobless Knowledge & Friends are my only asset.

Simple Vision.. To see Indonesian Knowledge Based Society

Indonesia 1993 Internet UsersFew CybercafeNone Schools on InternetNone ICT booksFew ICT MagazineFew

After 10+ Years … 4+ Million Indonesian Internet Users WiFi outdoor installations CyberCafes schools on the Internet Community Radio 20+ Magazine Hundreds Books Title “Hundreds Local Authors”

Who Done It? Mostly community based. It is A PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT Not A Project Not much gov’t funding & support Mostly self-finance No World Bank, no IMF funding FUNDING is BAD for People’s Movement

Basic Strategies.. Consumer  Producer Supply driven  Demand driven Operator Based  Community Based Rely heavily on People’s Power.

Community Based WiFi + VoIP Infrastructure

Major Technologies WiFi – for outdoor usage! VoIP Neighborhood Network Open Source Development Platform

Outdoor WiFi

VoIP

Neighborhood Network

Open Source Development Platform

Story Behind Open Source Development Platform Long time - Linux Community at linux- Sept’03 – Richard Fuchs, Nancy Smyth & Onno Purbo discussed Dev. Platform. Oct’03 – interact with Indonesian ICT activities via & collect donation. Nov’03 – the first Pentium III server deployed (cost US$120). Mission Mailing list Server. Dec’03 – mailing lists, 2 nd server deployed.

Stories Behind The Screen.. “Jihad” for Community Based ICT Infrastructure Low Cost & User Friendly Equipments From People By People For People

Demand Creation! Efficiently Disseminate Knowledge Share Tacit / Implicit Knowledge

Example of Tactical Actions Publish CDROM Publish ~40 Title of Books Give talks, seminars, workshops 3-4 talks / week, 2-3 cities / week. Join ~100 Internet mailing lists 600 s / day

Web Share

Discussion Platform

Share Disk

Publish ~40 Books..

The Big Picture INFORMAL Education is the KEY Knowledge is Good For People’s Movement Self-finance process Funding is Bad For People’s Movement 

Knowledge Cycle

Supply Created By Demand

The Catch … You’ll need “Local Informal Leader” The one who Has the vision Knows the way Shows the way Goes the way It’s not easy to find one  …..

Thank You Knowledge is power, Share It, It’ll Multiply. You‘ll see the _real_ power of Knowledge. Mailing List