Transcript ppt-wifi-voip-opensource-12-2003.ppt

How To:
WiFi, VoIP & OpenSource
Onno W. Purbo
[email protected]
Sabbatical Leave at IDRC
Acknowledgment ..
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Thank you UNDP & IDRC
Thank you to my friends Basuki
Suhardiman, Donny BU, Bona, Donny,
Adi, Noor etc .. Who _voluntarily_
work hard to help the community.
References
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http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/
http://www.apjii.or.id/onno/
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Mailing List
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[email protected]
My current status
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A Common Indonesian People
Not a donor agency
Not a government agency
Sabbatical Leave at IDRC
Used to be Jobless
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Knowledge & Friends are my only asset.
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Simple Vision ..
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To see Indonesian Knowledge Based
Society
Indonesia 1993
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Internet Users
Cybercafe
Schools on Internet
ICT books
ICT Magazine
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After 10+ Years …
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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”
Who Done It?
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Mostly community based.
It is A PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT
Not A Project
Not much gov’t funding & support
Mostly self-finance
No World Bank, no IMF funding
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FUNDING is BAD for People’s Movement
Basic Strategies ..
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Consumer
Supply driven
Operator Based
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Rely heavily on People’s Power.
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 Producer
 Demand driven
 Community Based
Community Based WiFi + VoIP
Infrastructure
Major Technologies
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WiFi – for outdoor usage!
VoIP
Neighborhood Network
Open Source Development Platform
Outdoor
WiFi
VoIP
Neighborhood
Network
Open Source Development
Platform
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http://groups.or.id
Story Behind Open Source
Development Platform
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Long time - Linux Community at [email protected].
Sept’03 – Richard Fuchs, Nancy Smyth &
Onno Purbo discussed Dev. Platform.
Oct’03 – interact with Indonesian ICT
activities via e-mail & collect donation.
Nov’03 – the first Pentium III server deployed
(cost US$120). Mission Mailing list Server.
Dec’03 – 1200+ mailing lists, 2nd server
deployed.
Stories Behind The Screen ..
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“Jihad” for
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Community Based ICT Infrastructure
Low Cost & User Friendly Equipments
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From People
By People
For People
Demand Creation!
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Efficiently Disseminate Knowledge
Share Tacit / Implicit Knowledge
Example of Tactical Actions
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Publish CDROM
Publish ~40 Title of Books
Give talks, seminars, workshops
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3-4 talks / week, 2-3 cities / week.
Join ~100 Internet mailing lists
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600 e-mails / day
Web Share
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http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/
http://www.bogor.net/idkf/
http://onno.vlsm.org
Discussion Platform
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http://groups.or.id
Share Disk
Publish ~40 Books ..
The Big Picture
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INFORMAL Education is the KEY
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Knowledge is Good For People’s Movement
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Self-finance process
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Funding is Bad For People’s Movement 
Knowledge Cycle
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Packaging
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Feed Back
Surfing
Dissemin
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Supply Created
By Demand
The Catch …
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You’ll need “Local Informal Leader”
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The one who
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Has the vision
Knows the way
Shows the way
Goes the way
It’s not easy to find one  …..
Thank You
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Knowledge is power, Share It, It’ll Multiply.
You‘ll see the _real_ power of Knowledge.
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http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/
http://www.apjii.or.id/onno/
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Mailing List
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[email protected]