Facilitate Fast

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Facilitate Fast Self-propelledReturn To
Society

• Onno W. Purbo
• Onno_at_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_at_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 Users Few
• Cybercafe None
• Schools on Internet None
• ICT books Few
• ICT Magazine Few

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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 govt 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.
• Dont worry itll 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
• US150-200 / WiFi node.
• US10-50 / phone line (dep on config)
• Operating cost US400/16-60 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_at_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 US2000-US4000/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 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

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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.