Clash of Paradigm

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Clash of Paradigm

• Onno W. Purbo
• Onno_at_indo.net.id

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Disclaimer ..

• I am a trained Engineer, not an economist,
  regulator 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 to my friends
• Basuki Suhardiman, Donny BU, Bona, Heru Nugroho,
  Michael Sunggiardi, Johar Alam, Agustinus
  Surandar, Judhi Prasetyo, Ase, Agustinus
  Sutandar, Judith, Didin, Sumaryo, etc ..
• Who work hard to help the community.

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Main Stream
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Basic Assumption

• Technology Expensive
• Specialized Skilled
• Licensed from Govt
• Invest by Investors
• Build by Vendor etc
• Run by Operator
• For user / customer

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Indonesian Telecomm Act

• Act 36/1999

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Assumed Structured
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License Requirement
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Implanted Divide ..

• Operators vs. users.
• Investors vs. users.
• Haves vs. the have not.
• one close to regulator vs. common people.
• one close to operator vs. common people.
• one close to political leaders vs. common people.

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Paradigm Shift? .. Or Clash?

• Old
• Technology Expensive
• Specialized Skilled
• Licensed from Govt
• Invest by Investors
• Build by Vendor etc
• Run by Operator
• For user

• Future?
• Technology Cheaper
• Technology Friendly
• From the people
• People Invest
• People build
• Run by People
• For People

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Major Obstacle ..

• Old paradigm, i.e., only a licensed operator can
  run the network.
• No room for community based infrastructure with
  homebrew equipment, from people, by people, for
  people.
• The bottom line is money talk.

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Alternate Path ICT4D
Chaotic Infrastructure
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Guerrilla Telco Warfare ..

• Basic Strategies
• Community Education! Education! knowledge
  transfer, copyleft.
• Go for many small but interconnected networks.
• Self-finance, sustainable ? independent community
  based telecommunication infrastructure.

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Basic Philosophy
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Filosofi Dasar
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Knowledge Cycle
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Basic Philosophy

• Consumer ?Producer
• Supply Based ? Demand Based

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Demand Creation
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Cost
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Impact
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Stereotyping Communities
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The Typical ICT Technology
Community Radio
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The Typical ICT Technology
Internet Computer
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Some Real Examples
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Community Broadcasting

• Source
• Basuki Suhardiman
• Basuki_at_itb.ac.id

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Community Radio Network in Indonesia

• Farmers Voice Radio Network (JRSP)
• Fishermens Voice Radio Net (JRSN)
• Worker Voice Radio Network
• Ina Community Radio Net (JRKI)
• West Java
• Jakarta

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Community Radio Policy

• Build their Own Radio (FM)
• Collect money together to build their radio
• The Gov has released the act/regulation no 32
  year 2002 for broadcasting
• Community radio has been included
• Only 3 channels allocated

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Farmers Radio Network (JSRP)

• Start on 1999
• Mostly on West Java Region
• Lead by Mrs. Ida Hidayat (shown in Fig. With Mr.
  Dadang owner of Radio Citra Utami FM Cianjur)
• 600 community radios
• Using FM radio with
• Height of antenna max 30 meter
• Max power 100 watt ERP
• Max bandwidth 350 Khz
• Max 36 Km2 coverage area (6Kmx6Km)
• Typical content
• Information
• Education
• Entertainment

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Comp. Lab. For Street Children

• Source
• Donny BU
• dbu_at_ictwatch.com

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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

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Community Based WiFi VoIP Infrastructure
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Simple Impact Assessment