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Low-Cost, High-Latency, Unlimited-Bandwidth Communication

Low-Cost, High-Latency, Unlimited-Bandwidth Communication. Kentaro Toyama Assistant Managing Director Microsoft Research India WWW 2007 Banff – May 9, 2007. “Technology for Emerging Markets”. Research goals: Understand potential technology users in economically poorer communities

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Low-Cost, High-Latency, Unlimited-Bandwidth Communication

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  1. Low-Cost, High-Latency, Unlimited-Bandwidth Communication Kentaro Toyama Assistant Managing Director Microsoft Research India WWW 2007 Banff – May 9, 2007

  2. “Technology for Emerging Markets” Research goals: Understand potential technology users in economically poorer communities Adapt, invent, or design technology that contributes to socio-economic development of poor communities worldwide Microsoft Research India Computer-skills camp in Nakalabande, Bangalore (MSR India, Stree Jagruti Samiti, St. Joseph’s College)

  3. Interdisciplinary Research MSR India: TEM Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan – Public Administration and International Development Jonathan Donner – Communications Society Society Nimmi Rangaswamy – Social Anthropology Rajesh Veeraraghavan Group Group Computer Science and Economics Impact Impact – Understanding Understanding Indrani Medhi Design – Individual Individual Kentaro Toyama – Computer Science Technology Technology Randy Wang – Computer Science Innovation Innovation Udai Singh Pawar – Physics

  4. A rural school in Chinhat, Uttar Pradesh, India

  5. Very Poor Communities Traits relevant to information dissemination • Meager economy • High cost of hi-tech • Terrible electrical and telecommunications infrastructure • Poor real-time Internet experience • Low literacy • Multimedia helpful • Slow pace of life • Real-time interaction rarely critical Kodia village, Madhya Pradesh, India

  6. phttp server phttp client Low-Cost, High-Latency, High-Bandwidth? Alternatives to real time: • Delay-tolerant networking • Data trickling with… • satellite communications • mobile phones • point-to-point wireless • Vehicles and WiFi • DakNet / First Mile Solutions • DVDs via physical mail • This talk!

  7. Digital StudyHall: Problem Poor teaching quality in rural schools Rural school in Chinhat, Uttar Pradesh

  8. Digital StudyHall: Problem Good teachers drawn to city with higher salaries and better environments Urvashi’s StudyHall private school in Lucknow

  9. Digital StudyHall: Solution Goal: transfer of good pedagogy to rural schools Content: DVD recordings of classes taught by good teachers -- Sent via post on DVD -- Usage: Rural teachers use DVDs as base material for interactive lessons. A DSH class in Uttar Pradesh, India Randy Wang, Researcher, Microsoft Research India

  10. eSagu Prof. P. Krishna Reddy, Int’l Inst. of Information Technology, Hyderabad Goal: “queryless” delivery of agriculture advice to farmers Content: Digital photographs of farms and crops collected by paid workers in villages -- Sent via post on DVD -- Usage: Photos are analyzed by agriculture experts who diagnose and prescribe remedies Some photographs of a cotton crop (and written notes) collected by eSagu

  11. Netflix DVD over post works elsewhere… Goal: painless movie delivery to households at a low monthly rate Content: full-length movies -- Sent via post on DVD -- Usage: DVDs watched by families in the comfort of their homes; trips to video rental stores eliminated.

  12. Jim Gray Data over post is fastest and cheapest Storage capacity doubling each year - 1970: 20MB disk cost $20K Bandwidth improving only 10% a year For large stores, FedEx-ing harddrives cheaper and faster than any other method. “The biggest problem… is customs.” http://www.acmqueue.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=43

  13. Not the right model if there is… • Zero electricity • Poor postal service • Not enough financial resources for supporting DVD/VCD playback • No need for high-bandwidth

  14. Summary The Internet may need non-standard channels for poor rural areas. Data transported physically can provide the highest-bandwidth, even in communications-rich economies. DVDs by mail offer a low-cost, high-bandwidth, high-latency alternative!

  15. Thank you! http://research.microsoft.com/research/tem kentoy@microsoft.com

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