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Facilitate Fast & Self-propelled: Return To Society Onno W. Purbo Onno@indo.net.id A Common Indonesian Sabbatical Leave at IDRC
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References http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/ http://www.apjii.or.id/onno/ Mailing List wifi4d@yahoogroups.com
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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
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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.
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Basic Prinsiples Consume Produce Supply Driven Demand Driven Public Private Community / Mass Education is the key strategic element.
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Indonesia 1993 Internet UsersFew CybercafeNone Schools on InternetNone ICT booksFew ICT MagazineFew
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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
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Who Done It? Mostly community based.. Not much gov’t funding & support No World Bank, no IMF funding Mostly self-finance
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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
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Some Real Examples
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The solution should.. Aim for highest impact at lowest possible overhead if possible self- finance sustainable processes.
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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. Don’t worry it’ll take 10+ years to see the impact..
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Community Based WiFi + VoIP Infrastructure
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Two (2) Main Technologies WiFi – for outdoor usage! VoIP
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Main Features “Low Cost” US$150-200 / WiFi node. US$10-50 / phone line (dep on config) Operating cost US$400/16-60 line/ month Many Open Source
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Grass Root Movement
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Education is Key!
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Comp. Lab. For Street Kids Source: Donny BU dbu@ictwatch.com
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Used Equipments
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Children Happy …
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We do more.. Run free talks on Internet at schools Facilitate Open Source Communities Currently 1500+ schools on Internet 24.000+ high schools in Indonesia Mostly Self-Finance Some support Vocational School Director MoE Investment US$2000-US$4000/school 50 cents/student/month – RoI ~1 Year Movement WiFi City WAN for School in 20 Cities. Million Indonesian Future Generation ICT Literate Self-Finance
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The Big Picture
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Knowledge Cycle
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How? … Free distribution in CDROM Free copy of USB Harddrive ~7Gbyte 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.
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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
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Supply Created By 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 Gov’t Repressive Actions Liberate community radios & TV Liberate WiFi bands & VoIP for community infrastructure. Note that most implementation & operations may be community based + self-finance
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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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