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Clash of Paradigm

Clash of Paradigm. Onno W. Purbo Onno@indo.net.id. 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. Acknowledgment.

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Clash of Paradigm

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  1. Clash of Paradigm Onno W. Purbo Onno@indo.net.id

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. Main Stream

  5. Basic Assumption • Technology Expensive • Specialized Skilled • Licensed from Gov’t • Invest by Investors • Build by Vendor etc • Run by Operator • For user / customer

  6. Indonesian Telecomm Act • Act # 36/1999

  7. Assumed Structured

  8. License Requirement

  9. 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.

  10. Old Technology Expensive Specialized Skilled Licensed from Gov’t 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 Paradigm Shift? .. Or Clash?

  11. 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”.

  12. Alternate Path ICT4D Chaotic Infrastructure

  13. 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.

  14. Basic Philosophy

  15. Filosofi Dasar

  16. Knowledge Cycle

  17. Basic Philosophy • Consumer Producer • Supply Based  Demand Based

  18. Demand Creation

  19. Cost

  20. Impact

  21. Stereotyping Communities

  22. The Typical ICT Technology Community Radio

  23. The Typical ICT Technology Internet & Computer

  24. Some Real Examples

  25. Community Broadcasting • Source • Basuki Suhardiman • Basuki@itb.ac.id

  26. Community Radio Network in Indonesia • Farmer’s Voice Radio Network (JRSP) • Fishermen’s Voice Radio Net (JRSN) • Worker Voice Radio Network • Ina’ Community Radio Net (JRKI) • West Java • Jakarta

  27. 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

  28. Farmer’s 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

  29. Comp. Lab. For Street Children • Source: • Donny BU • dbu@ictwatch.com

  30. 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 US$2000-US$4000/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

  31. Community Based WiFi + VoIP Infrastructure

  32. Simple Impact Assessment

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