1. RebelNet: Community Solution
Onno W. Purbo
Sabbatical Leave at IDRC

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

3. References http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/
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4. 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.

5. Simple Vision ..
To see Indonesian Knowledge Based Society

6. Indonesia 1993 Internet Users Few Cybercafe None
Schools on Internet None
ICT books Few
ICT Magazine Few

7. After 10+ Years … 4+ Million Indonesian Internet Users
2500+ WiFi outdoor installations
2000+ CyberCafes
1500+ schools on the Internet
1000+ Community Radio
20+ Magazine
Hundreds Books Title
Hundreds Local Authors

8. Basic Strategy

9. Basic Strategy
Educate People!!

10. Basic Strategies .. Consumer  Producer Supply driven  Demand driven
Operator Based  Community Based
Rely heavily on People’s Power.
Informal Education Process is KEY

11. Principal Strategy Create A People’s Movement
To Create Community Based Telecommunication Infrastructure.
Provide Knowledge To People for Free whenever possible.
Not much gov’t funding & support
No World Bank, no IMF funding
Mostly self-finance

12. 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

13. Self-Finance Demand Creation

15. Publish ~40 Books ..

16. Community Based Infrastructure

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

18. Outdoor WiFi

19. VoIP

20. Neighborhood Network

21. Open Source Development Platform

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

23. 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  …..

24. Thank You
Knowledge is power, Share It, It’ll Multiply. You‘ll see the real power of Knowledge.
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